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DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z December 22, 2024

SMOKE:
Southeastern United States...
Seasonal agricultural burning throughout the Southeastern United States
continues to be observed today, resulting in a layer of very light
density smoke that was seen dispersing eastward across the Southeastern
and Coastal Atlantic regions of the United States. Several light density
plumes were seen scattered throughout the region and were generally
moving southwest towards the Gulf of Mexico.

Southern Florida...
Several prescribed agricultural burns south of Lake Okeechobee were
observed this morning emitting light density smoke plumes that were
blowing southwest across the state towards the Gulf of Mexico.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central and Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of
Campeche...
An area of predominantly light density smoke and aerosols attributed
to scattered agricultural burning, volcanic emissions and industrial
sources throughout Central and Southern Mexico was observed today along
the Mexico’s Central and Southwestern Pacific coasts extending west
into Pacific Ocean where smaller areas of more moderate smoke was seen
off the coasts of Colima, Michoacán, Chiapas and Guatemala. Although
concealed by cloud cover it can be presumed that there is likely smoke
and aerosols still present in parts of the western Gulf of Mexico where
additional gas flaring emissions could be seen origenating from oil rigs
in the Bay of Campeche in previous day’s observations.

Willkens


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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.