DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1610Z October 30, 2022
SMOKE: Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America… An area of light density smoke, likely from the scattered fire activity over Mexico and atmospheric pollutants from industrial sources primarily in southeastern Mexico was seen throughout the day over southern Mexico and Bay of Campeche and the Pacific Ocean south of the southeastern coast of Mexico. Florida... Light density smoke plumes near Lake Okeechobee was observed moving west before scattered cloud cover blocked further analysis this morning. These smoke plumes were most likely due to seasonal fire activity in the region. Texas/Oklahoma... Light remnant smoke was observed across most of Oklahoma and eastern Texas, bordering the western edge of massive cloud cover that engulfs most of eastern U.S. This smoke is likely due to a combination of seasonal burns in U.S and Canada along with some contribution from fire activity over in Mexico. 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