DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z February 8, 2022
SMOKE:
Oklahoma/North Central Texas…
A patch of remnant very thin density smoke attributed to seasonal fire
activity in Texas yesterday was visible this morning moving to the east
across central Oklahoma and north central Texas.
Southeastern Texas/Southwestern Louisiana/Western Gulf of Mexico…
An area of leftover thin density smoke from fires burning yesterday near
the coast of southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana was seen this
morning stretching from southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana
to the south and over the western Gulf of Mexico.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Cuba/Bahamas/Caribbean…
A combination of smoke from seasonal fire activity in Cuba and aerosols
from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources was visible this
morning over central Cuba, a portion of the nearby Caribbean to the south
of Cuba, and north of Cuba over the central Bahamas. Narrow swaths of
aerosol likely from mainly oil/gas flaring in northwestern Cuba could be
seen extending well to the northwest and over the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
SMOKE/AEROSOL/DUST:
Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of
Mexico and Central America…
A large mass of thin to perhaps moderate density combination of smoke
from seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America and aerosols
from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in that region
was visible this morning covering a good portion of the coastal areas
of southern Mexico, northwestern Central America, and extending well
to the south offshore over the Pacific. Some moderately dense smoke and
other aerosol combination was noted to the south of the Mexican states
of Oaxaca and Chiapas, and the country of Guatemala. A portion of this
somewhat more dense aerosol is likely composed of blowing dust originating
from sources over southeastern Oaxaca near the Gulf of Tehuantepec and
spreading to the south over the Pacific.
JS
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