DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z February 23, 2022
SMOKE: Southeast U.S... Remnant light density smoke from recent seasonal fire activity in the Southeastern U.S was observed in Central Georgia. Cloud cover from a weather system has made the extent of the smoke difficult to determine over the region this morning. Cuba: Seasonal burning was responsible for numerous light density smoke plumes throughout Cuba creating areas of light smoke over the Caribbean moving northwest of Cuba and south over the Caribbean. Hispaniola/Caribbean Sea... Scattered wildfire activity continues to be observed in the Southwestern Dominican Republic emitting light to moderate density smoke that was seen progressing southwestward offshore from Hispaniola over the Caribbean Sea. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas, U.S. Gulf Coast, Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America... The combination of light to moderate density smoke from seasonal fires in Mexico and Central America along with other atmospheric pollutants including aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industries in the region was observed this morning. Smoke and aerosols were seen over a broad region of southern, western, and eastern Mexico as well as northwestern Central America. A broad region of smoke and aerosols was also observed over the Pacific off the southern coast of Mexico and Central America, western Bay of Campeche, the western Gulf of Mexico, and southeastern Texas. Smoke from widespread wildfire activity in northwestern South America may be contributing to these regions of smoke. 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