Wednesday, November 2, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0250Z November 2, 2022

SMOKE:
Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Pacific...
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, Guerrero, Colima, and 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 Veracruz.
Further contributions may 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 in the northern Gulf of Mexico, where it
is drawn northeastward along the front to the Florida Panhandle.  Smoke
south of Mexico is generally moving westward out over across the
eastern Pacific.


Kansas/Oklahoma...
Light density remnant smoke was detected across eastern Kansas and
parts of northern Oklahoma from the previous day fires in the region.

Konon


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.