Wednesday, November 23, 2022

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.