Thursday December 29, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z December 29, 2022

SMOKE:
South Florida…
Seasonal scattered agricultural burning with light smoke production was
observed south and east of Lake Okeechobeee. The light smoke was seen
moving off toward the west.


SMOKE/AEROSOLS:
Southwestern and Eastern Coasts of Mexico/South-central CONUS/Gulf of
Mexico/Bay of Campeche…
The persistent area of smoke/aerosol from gas flaring, pollution, and
fire activity continues to exist across and southwest of the southern
coast of Mexico (the states of Jalisco, Colima, and Michoacan), as well
as over the coastal plain of Eastern Mexico, southern and eastern Texas,
the ArkLaTex, the western Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche. Some of
the layer across eastern Texas and western Louisiana may also have remnant
smoke contributions from fire activity across the southeastern CONUS.

Hosley


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.