DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0119Z November 24, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S./Mississippi River Basin/Great Lakes Region/Northern Gulf of Mexico... Seasonal/prescribed fire activity was observed throughout the Mississippi River Basin and the southeastern U.S. causing two large areas of smoke. The first was located over the Great Lakes Region and consisted of light density smoke and was generally moving east. The second area was of light to moderate density smoke blanketed the Mississippi Valley, the southeastern U.S and continued south over the northern Gulf of Mexico. Numerous moderate density smoke plumbs were seen throughout the area of light smoke. A larger area of moderate density smoke was located around southern Louisiana where it was moving northwest. Pacific Northwest... A large number of wildfires and seasonal/prescribed type fire activity was picked up by our sensors but the area became cloud covered precluding smoke analysis in this area. 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 and probable contributions of ash from the Popocatepetl Volcano eruptions in central Mexico was seen over coastal southern Mexico, coastal northwestern 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