DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z December 10, 2021
SMOKE:
Eastern Mexico…
Scattered to widespread light smoke producing fire activity was noted
across the Gulf Coastal Plain in far southern Tamaulipas, eastern San Luis
Potosi, and extreme northern Veracruz, as well as in central Veracruz. The
smoke from this activity was observed moving north-northwest.
Central plains…
A few small fires producing light some were observed from south-central
Kansas to the Red River Valley. Smoke from a fire in Kansas was moving
south until a wind shift between 20Z-21Z began moving that smoke
west-northwest. Smoke in northern Oklahoma was moving west-northwest
and north, while smoke in northern Texas was moving east-northeast.
Elsewhere…
A couple small smoke plumes were also analyzed across southern Texas,
Florida, northern California, and western Alberta. Due to the presence
of cloud cover, it is possible that smoke may be present across the
Pacific Northwest,southern California, and the southeastern CONUS from
central Texas to the Carolinas
BLOWING DUST…
Southern New Mexico…
Dust and sand were observed being lofted from Salina Lake and the dry
lake beds north of there and then blowing off to the east-northeast,
having transported and gradually dissipating over a hundred miles before
sunset. The dust/sand plume had not fully dissipated by sunset.
AEROSOL:
Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico/Eastern Mexico/Texas/Southern
Mexico/Pacific South of Mexico and Northwestern Central America…
Thin to moderate density aerosol was observed blanketing an area from
the Bay of Campeche to the western Gulf of Mexico, eastern Mexico,
and southern Texas, as well as across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec into
the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Pacific Coast of southern Mexico and
into Guatemala. The aerosol layer is thickest in the Bay of Campeche
just offshore of the border of Veracruz and Tabasco and extending
northwestward. Some remnant smoke from seasonal fires in this region,
as well as smoke from gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche, may compose a
portion of this aerosol, which may be comprised of many other atmospheric
compounds.
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: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/
KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire)
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke)
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