DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0109Z November 19, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S./ Northern Gulf of Mexico… An area of light density smoke covered the southeastern U.S. and continued south over the northern Gulf of Mexico. Numerous moderate smoke plumbs were seen from seasonal type fire activity in southern Alabama, southern Georgia and northern Florida. Pacific Northwest/Pacific Ocean off the Pacific Northwest Coast… An area of light to moderate density smoke attributed primarily to recent wildfires and ongoing widespread seasonal/prescribed type fire activity over the western portions of Washington and Oregon were visible today moving to the west and off the coast over the Pacific Ocean. Some Light to moderate smoke was observed in northern British Columbia. A large amount of seasonal/prescribed type fire activity was picked up in Alberta and British Columbia but light cloud cover combined with snow in the background made it hard to gauge smoke in this area. AEROSOLS/SMOKE: Southeastern Mexico/Pacific off the Southern Coast of Mexico… Similar to recent days, a broad area of what is most likely primarily thin density aerosol from industrial sources in Mexico with a smaller contribution of smoke from oil and gas flaring and seasonal fire activity in the region was seen over southern and southeastern Mexico, parts of northwestern region of Central America, and the Pacific off the southern coast of Mexico. 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