DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z February 22, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S… Scattered seasoning burning activity was observed over parts of Florida and Southern Georgia. Cloud cover from a weather system present over most of Southeast and eastern Conus has made smoke analysis difficult over this region this morning. Hispaniola/Caribbean Sea... Scattered wildfire activity continues to be observed in the Southwestern Dominican Republic emitting light density smoke that was seen progressing southwestward offshore from Hispaniola over the Caribbean Sea. SMOKE/AEROSOL: U.S. Gulf Coast, Florida, Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America... The combination of thin density smoke from seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America along with other atmospheric pollutants including aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industries in the region was seen this morning. Smoke and aerosols were observed over a large portion of southern, western, and eastern Mexico and also northwestern Central America. A broad region of light density smoke mixed with aerosols was also observed over the Pacific off, the southern coast of Mexico and Central America, the Bay of Campeche, between Yucatan and Cuba, southeastern Texas, and the northwestern Gulf of Mexico this morning. Nguyen 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 map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov