DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0020Z December 23, 2022
SMOKE: Northern Mexico... Numerous possible wildfires and seasonal/prescribed fire activity was observed in northern Chihuahua producing light smoke plumes that were moving eastward, with one of the smoke plumes entering western Texas as the evening approached. SMOKE/AEROSOLS: Mexico/Gulf of Mexico... An area of thin density aerosol originating from gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche and urban/industrial activity in Mexico was observed over in Eastern Mexico and the central to southern region of the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, another area of smoke or smoke/aerosol mixes was observed off the southwestern coast of Mexico, extending into the Pacific Ocean. 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