DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z February 28, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern Conus U.S/Mid-Atlantic… Fire activity producing light smoke plumes was visible from New Jersey to Texas. From Virginia to New Jersey, the smoke was moving southeastward while the rest were extending south/southwestward. Fire activity producing moderate smoke plumes was scattered among the light smoke plumes across the Southeast. Northern California… Fire activity producing light smoke plumes was visible in the Sacramento Valley. The northern smoke plumes were seen moving north/northwest while the southern smoke plumes moving east/southeastward. Northern Plains/Western Great Lakes... An area of thin density smoke from fire activity was observed over northeast Illinois, extending across Lake Michigan from Illinois to southwest Michigan. In addition, areas of thin density smoke from fire activity was observed over parts of east Nebraska, southwest Iowa, and northwest Missouri. Florida/Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast U.S. Coast... An area of thin density smoke from fire activity over Florida was extending from Lake Okeechobee eastward into the Atlantic ocean. From earlier: SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southern and Western Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America... The usual combination of thin density smoke from seasonal fires in Mexico and Central America and other atmospheric pollutants including aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industries in the region was visible this morning over portions of southern and western Mexico, northwestern Central America, and the Pacific Ocean extending well off the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. Nguyen 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