Tuesday December 27, 2022

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

 


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.