Thursday, December 15, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0121Z December 16, 2022


SMOKE:
Pacific Northwest...
A large number of wildfires and seasonal/prescribed type fire activity was
observed throughout British Columbia and Alberta. Some light to moderate
smoke plumes were observed in Alberta moving generally east but snow in
the background and periodical cloud covered precluding smoke analysis
in this area.

Northern Mexico...
Numerous possible wildfires and seasonal/prescribed type fire activity
was observed in central Chihuahua releasing light to moderate smoke that
was moving generally east across the state as evening approached.

SMOKE/AEROSOLS:
Southern Texas/Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific Ocean South
of Mexico...
A sizable area of thin density smoke and from scattered seasonal fire
activity in Mexico mixed with aerosols originating from gas flaring
activity in Bay of Campeche and urban/industrial activity in Mexico
continues to be analyzed over the Western and northeastern Gulf of
Mexico along with the eastern coast of Mexico. Another area of smoke or
smoke/aerosol mixes were observed off the southwestern coast of Mexico
into the 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.