DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z February 25, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S./Eastern Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast U.S. Coast… A swath of remnant mainly thin density smoke attributed to yesterday’s round of significant seasonal fire activity especially in parts of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina was visible this morning stretching from the far eastern Gulf of Mexico across the central and northern portion of the Florida peninsula, southeastern Georgia, and the eastern half of the Carolinas. The smoke also appeared over the nearby Atlantic Ocean just off the southeastern U.S. coast. Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Caribbean/Cuba… Patches of leftover thin density smoke likely from recent seasonal fire activity in Cuba were seen spreading to the west and southwest off the southeastern portion of Cuba and over the Caribbean and off the western coast of Cuba over the southern Gulf of Mexico and the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula. Another area of leftover thin density smoke was visible over the north central Gulf of Mexico which may be due to recent seasonal fires in Mexico. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America/Bay of Campeche... The combination of mostly light 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 visible this morning over central and southern Mexico, a portion of the Bay of Campeche, northwestern Central America, and extending well offshore to the south of Mexico and Central America. Embedded patches of moderately dense smoke/aerosol were seen across portions of southern Mexico, and extending 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 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