DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0132Z November 23, 2022
SMOKE: Mississippi Valley… Heavy seasonal/prescribed fire activity was observed throughout the Mississippi Valley causing a large area of light density smoke to blanket the region. Numerous moderate density smoke plumbs were seen through the area of light smoke, mostly in Louisiana. Pacific Northwest/Pacific Ocean off the Pacific Northwest Coast… An area of light density smoke was observed moving southeast in northern Alberta due to seasonal/prescribed fire activity. A number of other wildfires and seasonal/prescribed type fire activity was picked up by our sensors but this area became cloud covered precluding smoke analysis this evening. AEROSOL/SMOKE: 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 coastal southern Mexico, coastal northwestern Central America and the Pacific off the southern coast of Mexico. Volcanic Ash: Central Mexico... Light to at least moderate ash could be seen in central Mexico through clouds today from the ongoing eruptions of the Popocatepetl Volcano in central 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