DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0038Z January 19, 2023
Heavy cloud cover was observed over most of the central, northwestern and eastern portions of the U.S. and Canada precluded further smoke detection this evening. Cuba... Light to moderate density smoke from recent rounds of seasonal burning in central Cuba and extending into the surrounding Caribbean. Northern Mexico: In northern Mexico seasonal burning and wildfires were seen releasing light to moderate smoke in Chihuahua. The smoke was moving northeast within Chihuahua. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Central U.S. 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 huge area of primarily thin density aerosol, composed in part by industrial activities in Mexico and seasonal fire activity also in Mexico, was visible today covering a good portion of eastern and southern Mexico, some of northwestern Central America, and extending south of those areas well out over the Pacific. A patch of moderate density smoke/aerosol mixture was present over a portion of the coast of southern Mexico and extending to the south over the Pacific. The thin density smoke/aerosol mixture also stretched to the north over the western and northern Gulf of Mexico and inland over the U.S. Gulf Coast region from Texas to Mississippi. Cloud cover farther inland over the U.S. Gulf Coast region limited additional information on the extent of the smoke/aerosol. BLOWING DUST: Texas, Southeastern New Mexico, An area of mostly moderate blowing dust was seen blowing from western Texas and southeastern New Mexico west over northern Texas and southern Oklahoma. The thicker mass was moving towards Dallas as evening approached. 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