DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z February 19, 2022
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Southeast United States/Gulf Coast States/Gulf of Mexico/Southern and
Eastern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico
and Central America…
The combination of thin density smoke from seasonal fires in Mexico
and significant smoke contributions from Central America and other
atmospheric pollutants including aerosols from oil and gas flaring
and other industries in the region was visible today from offshore the
Southeast Coast of the United States extending southwest through coastal
North Carolina and South Carolina, southern Georgia, northern Florida,
along coastal locations of the Central Gulf Coast and northern Gulf
of Mexico Bay, southern Texas, the western Gulf of Mexico, eastern and
southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean off
the southern and western coast of Mexico and Central America.
Hanna
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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov