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. Nguyen 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