DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1555Z November 5, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern Texas… A light remnant smoke plume could be observed covering southeastern Texas this morning. The plume was likely linked to lingering smoke from agricultural fire emissions along the Mississippi Valley and southeastern U.S., in addition to a combination of smoke and aerosols originating from central-southern Mexico. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean, Western Gulf of Mexico... A large area of light density aerosol and smoke from localized fires in southern Mexico was seen in the western Gulf of Mexico and extending to the southwest over the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean off the southwest coast of Mexico. A pocket of stagnant aerosol/smoke of moderate concentration could also be seen extending across eastern Michoacan, northern Guerrero, southern Puebla and northwestern Oaxaca. WS 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