DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0054Z December 29, 2022
SMOKE: South Central and Southeastern United States... A large amount of thin to moderate density smoke plumbs attributed primarily to widespread seasonal burning activity in the southeastern U.S. with this area stretching from eastern Texas eastward across the Southeastern U.S. into North Carolina today. Cloud cover obscured most of the fires by this evening but a large area of light to possibility moderate smoke was observed around southern Georgia, southern Alabama, northern Florida and southern South Carolina. SMOKE/AEROSOLS: Southwestern and Eastern Coasts of Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche… The persistent area of smoke/aerosol from gas flaring, pollution, and fire activity continues to exist off the southern coast of Mexico, as well as over the western coastal plain of Mexico, the western Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche. Eglin 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