THROUGH 0100Z March 28, 2021
SMOKE: Mexican Isthmus into the Ozarks… An area of mixed active smoke emissions and remnant smoke from the last couple days extends from the Mexican isthmus between the Bay of Campeche and the Gulf of Tehuantepec northward into Arkansas. Smoke from fires across eastern Mexico and the areas along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche are contributing to the layer. The large area of smoke is generally moving northward around high pressure in the Gulf of Mexico and ahead of a front across the southern Plains. The thickest smoke is coming off the mountains of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas and moving northeast. Oklahoma… A dozen or so smoke-producing fires were noted across Okahoma this afternoon. The smoke, mainly light in nature, was moving south behind the aforementioned front across the southern Plains. Central Mexico… Numerous light to moderate density smoke plumes were seen across all of central Mexico. These were moving in various directions depending on exact location, with local mountain terrain flow likely dominating observed motion. BLOWING DUST: Chihuahua… A blowing dust event was observed moving towards the south through a couple of valleys across northern Chihuahua. 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) ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov