DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z October 31, 2022
SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Pacific Ocean… An area of mixed active and remnant smoke/pollution emissions was observed blanketing an area from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico to the Tropical NE Pacific. One area seems to be emanating from the Mexican states of Michoacan, western Guerrero, Colima, and far southern Jalisco and moving offshore while another main source region appears to be gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche and the Mexican states of Tabasco and southern Veracruz. Further contributions could be the result of scattered fire activity from southern Mexico to Honduras. The smoke is generally moving north from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec along the eastern Coast of Mexico until the smoke interacts with a front moving through the northern Gulf of Mexico, where the smoke is drawn northeastward ahead of the front almost to the Florida panhandle. Smoke south of Mexico is generally moving westward further out across the Pacific. Lower to Mid Mississippi Valley… Two areas of remnant smoke were seen from Missouri to the Louisiana Gulf Coast. The parent activity for these two areas is likely the daily agricultural burning across the Mid and Lower Mississippi Valley coupled with contributions from the rest of the southeastern CONUS. The northern area was seen covering an area from Missouri south into northern Louisiana then westward into northeastern Texas. The other portion was seen across the Gulf Coast from eastern Texas into Alabama. Great Lakes… Another area of light remnant smoke was seen over eastern Wisconsin, northern Michigan, and central Ontario. The likely source for this light remnant smoke is the increased agricultural burning across eastern North Dakota, southwestern Manitoba, and southern Saskatchewan. South Florida… Small, light smoke plumes from agricultural burning south of Lake Okeechobee was observed moving off toward the west-northwest. Northern California… A persistent fire south-southwest of Eureka was observed producing light to perhaps moderate smoke as the sun came up this morning. The produced smoke was moving off toward the south off the coast then along the coast over the very near-shore Pacific to offshore of Mendocino County. Kansas/Oklahoma… A fire at Evergreen Companies pallet recycling plant was observed producing light smoke this morning as the sun was rising and into the mid-morning. A remnant area of smoke was seen about 125 miles southeast of the recycling plant, or over to about 30 miles northeast of Tulsa, OK. Hosley 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