DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z November 14, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S... Scattered seasonal and agricultural burning was observed producing light smoke density smoke plumes across Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, and Florida. The most notable areas of smoke was observed in Louisiana, where the fire activity produced light smoke extending through southern Louisiana and into the Gulf of Mexico. Central California... An area of light remnant smoke was observed over in Central California, extending from southern San Joaquin Valley and into the Central Coast region. This area may be potential be of mixture of aerosols and other contributions such as fire activity in northern California. British Columbia... Numerous wildfires and burning along the southern region of British Columbia was observed producing light density smoke plumes moving south. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Central America... A mixture of aerosol from gas flaring activity along with urban pollution in central Mexico, combining with smoke from localized fires in southern Mexico and Central America was observed over the central-southern Gulf of Mexico, southern Mexico, northern Central America and extending into the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean off the southwest coast of 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