Friday, February 18, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0132Z February 19, 2022

SMOKE:
Texas, Oklahoma...
Seasonal burning was responsible for numerous light to moderate density
smoke plumbs in eastern Texas and Oklahoma. Most of the smoke plumbs in
Texas were generally moving south in direction while plumbs in Oklahoma
were moving generally north as evening approached. A moderate to heavy
density smoke plumb was seen in eastern Texas moving south.

California...
Probable seasonal burning activity in northern and central California
was emitting mostly light to moderate density smoke plumbs that were
spreading out around their sources in central California. In northern
California a light to heavy density smoke plumb due to a possible wildfire
was observed moving north into Oregon.

Florida...
Agricultural burning activity was observed throughout the Florida
peninsula this afternoon. An area of mostly light density smoke was
observed over peninsula extending east over the Atlantic just off
the coast.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Mexico/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Northwestern
Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America, Cuba...
The combination of thin density smoke from seasonal fires in Mexico
and significant smoke contributions from Central America and other
atmospheric pollutants including aerosols from oil and gas flaring and
other industries in the region was visible today over the eastern the
Bay of Campeche, eastern Gulf of Mexico, portions of southern Mexico,
northwestern Central America, Cuba, the Caribbean northwest of Cuba and
south of Cuba, and the Pacific Ocean off the southern and western 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.