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