DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 18, 2023
SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southern Texas, Western Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Eastern and Southern Mexico, Northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern Mexico and Northwest Central America… An area of thin density aerosol, composed in part by industrial activities in Mexico and seasonal fire activity also in Mexico, was visible today covering southern Texas, the western Gulf of Mexico, eastern and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America, and extending into the eastern Pacific Ocean, south and southwest of southwest Mexico and northwest Central America. Another area of light density smoke, from fire activity over Cuba, was seen over the eastern Gulf of Mexico and western Florida coast. DUST: Southern Texas…. An area of blowing dust was seen over portions of southern Texas this morning. 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 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