DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z January 13, 2023
SMOKE: Florida/Atlantic… Widespread seasonal fire activity was observed producing widespread smoke across much of Florida. Smoke plumes were moving north then northeastward as a cold front was approaching the area this afternoon. The smoke was also extending offshore over the Atlantic Ocean. Central Chihuahua… An area of dense fire activity in central Chihuahua was observed producing light to moderate smoke this afternoon. The smoke produced was observed fanning out from the parent fire activity, favoring smoke moving toward the northern semicircle. SMOKE/AEROSOL: U.S. Central and Western Gulf Coast Region/Northern and Western Gulf of Mexico/Eastern and Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern Mexico and Northwest Central America… A large area of mixed smoke and aerosol was observed spanning and area from the Gulf Coast to the Tropical Pacific. The thickest portions of this aerosol layer were present over the coastal plain of eastern Mexico, the western and central Gulf of Mexico, and the Bay of Campeche, extending northeastward ahead of a cold front that was acting to focus the aerosol just ahead of said front. A couple more moderately thick areas of the layer were observed extending southward off the Mexican Pacific coast. The portions of this aerosol layer were, and should continue to be, shunted off toward the southeast. DUST: Texas… Possible very thin dust was seen extending southeastward from the source region in West Texas into central Texas. 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