Wednesday, February 9, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z February 9, 2022

SMOKE/AEROSOL/DUST:
Southern Mississippi Valley/Southeast US/Northwestern and Northern Gulf
of Mexico...
Widespread agricultural burning observed over parts of the Southern
Mississippi Valley and southeastern US has resulted in regions of remnant
light to moderate density smoke. Smoke was observed over parts of southern
Kentucky, western Tennessee, southeastern Arkansas, northern Florida,
and as well as over parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Smoke
was also observed south of Texas and Louisiana, offshore over northwestern
and northern Gulf of Mexico this morning.

Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of
Mexico and Central America…
A broad region of light to moderate density smoke from a combination
of seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America and along with
aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in that
region was visible this morning covering coastal areas of southern
Mexico, northwestern Central America, and extending south offshore over
the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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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.