DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0056Z November 12, 2022
AEROSOL/SMOKE: Southern Mississippi Valley/Texas/Mexico/Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean/Gulf of Mexico/Central America... A mixture of aerosol combining with smoke from localized fires in southern Mexico was observed over southern Texas, western/northern Gulf of Mexico, eastern/southern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche and northern Central America extending into the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean off the southwest coast of Mexico. The smoke in the southern Mississippi Valley was due to agricultural burning in the area. There was also some light to moderate density smoke plumes in the area as well as a larger area of moderate smoke around southern Louisiana where the seasonal burning was was heavier. Pacific Northwest, Western Canada... Numerous fires were picked up in the Pacific Northwest and western Canada but became cloud covered by this evening preventing smoke analysis in this area. Eglin 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