DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0059Z November 30, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S… Two areas of mainly thin density smoke from seasonal type fire activity especially over Georgia and Florida was visible in eastern Georgia and across southern Florida, where numerous thin to locally moderate density smoke plumes merged to form a relatively patch of smoke which moved to the west over a portion of Lake Okeechobee reaching off the west coast of the Florida peninsula. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southern Texas/Gulf of Mexico/Eastern and Southeastern Mexico… An area of thin to possibly moderate density aerosol was detected over eastern and southeastern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, the western Gulf of Mexico, and extending into southern Texas. This aerosol was likely to be composed of pollution from gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche and urban pollution in south-central Mexico, in addition to small contributions from seasonal fire activity in southern Mexico. Blowing Dust: Northern Mexico,Texas, New Mexico... An area of light to moderate density blowing dust was observed moving generally east from Northern Mexico, western Texas and southern New Mexico. An area of moderate dust was seen moving across east northern/central Texas as evening approached. 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