DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z December 27, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S… A patch of remnant thin density smoke likely from yesterday’s round of seasonal fire activity in southern Louisiana was seen this morning from just off the southern Louisiana coast over the Gulf of Mexico and extending inland over southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. In addition, a number of developing smoke plumes were visible with seasonal fire activity occurring especially in Georgia. Texas… A large warehouse fire located near Grand Prairie between Dallas and Fort Worth was responsible for a growing generally thinner density smoke plume which was elongated in a northwest to southeast direction extending south of Dallas though an apparent change in the wind direction seems to be recently pushing some of the smoke to the northwest and north. Smoke is likely thicker closer to the fire. SMOKE/AEROSOLS: Southwestern and Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico… The usual large area of remnant generally thin density aerosols originating from gas flaring activity and other urban/industrial activity in Mexico along with some contribution from seasonal fire activity in Mexico continues to be observed over the southwestern and southern portions of Mexico and the northwest coast of Central America. This smoke/aerosol mix was seen extending well out over the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Mexico this morning. JS 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