DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0051Z February 2, 2022
SMOKE: South Central and Southeastern United States... Widespread agricultural burning activity was observed throughout the South-central and southeastern United States. Cloud cover over the south-central U.S from a weather system over the region has made smoke analysis difficult today in this area. In the southeastern U.S. numerous fires blanketed the area with light density smoke that included large swaths of moderate density smoke. This area of smoke starts in Louisiana in the west up to Kentucky in the north and continues to the east through the Gulf states ending in South Carolina. Florida... Agricultural burning activity was observed throughout Florida. Light to heavy density smoke plumbs were observed through clouds in central and northern Florida. This smoke was seen moving west and northwest as evening approached. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Mexico/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America... The usual combination of thin density smoke from seasonal fires in Mexico and Central America and other atmospheric pollutants including aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industries in the region was visible today over the the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico, portions of southern and eastern Mexico, northwestern Central America, and the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. Eglin THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE. TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/ KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire) http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke) ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov