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 Mississippi
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.


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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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.