DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z December 2, 2022

SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S…
A few scattered and rather localized thin density smoke plumes were
observed this morning with seasonal type fire activity across portions of
the southeastern U.S. The usual daily seasonal/agricultural fires around
Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida resulted in a somewhat larger patch
of thin density smoke which moved off to the west during the morning.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Bay of Campeche/Western Mexico/Baja/Pacific off the Western Coast of
Mexico…
An area of thin density aerosol was detected moving to the northwest over
portions of western Mexico, the southern half of the Baja peninsula and
Gulf of California, and the Pacific Ocean just off the western coast
of Mexico. This aerosol was believed to be composed of pollution from
urban/industrial sources in south-central Mexico, in addition to small
contributions from seasonal fire activity in southern Mexico. Farther
to the north, a patch of thin density smoke from oil rigs in the Bay of
Campeche was seen moving to the west.

DUST:
Southeastern Mexico/Pacific South of Southeastern Mexico…
A thin density aerosol which is believed to be mainly dust from sources
in southeastern Mexico was visible this morning moving to the south and
offshore over a portion of the nearby Pacific Ocean.

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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.