Monday, December 19, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0010Z December 20, 2022

SMOKE:
Florida…
Agricultural burning across western Florida was observed producing light
density smoke plumes moving westward towards the Gulf of Mexico. In
addition, agricultural burning south and east of Lake Okeechobee was
observed producing light smoke that was moving just south of due west
across Lake Okeechobee and southwestern Florida before cloud cover
engulfed the region.

SMOKE/AEROSOLS:
Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean off the
Southern Coast of Mexico and Northwestern Central America…
Areas of thin density aerosol originating from gas flaring activity in
the Bay of Campeche and urban/industrial activity in Mexico with some
contribution from smoke associated with recent days of seasonal fire
activity in Mexico continues to be analyzed over eastern and southern
Mexico, eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific Ocean south of Mexico,
the Gulf of Tehuantepec, and coastal areas of Guatemala. In addition
gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche was observed producing emissions
moving northwest.


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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.