DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2355Z December 11, 2022
SMOKE/AEROSOLS: Southern Texas/Gulf of Mexico/Eastern, Western and Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean off the Southern Coast of Mexico... A large area of light density smoke from seasonal fires in Mexico and Central America mixed in with aerosols originating from gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche and urban/industrial activity in Mexico were visible over southern Texas, a significant portion of the coastal areas of eastern, western and southern Mexico, the western and central Gulf of Mexico, in addition to the Bay of Campeche and northwestern Central America, while extending westward for approximately 1,000 miles over the Pacific Ocean. WS 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