Wednesday, March 2, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z March 2, 2022

SMOKE:
South central United States, Western Gulf of Mexico.…
A combination of fire activity from Mexico and seasonal fire activity
from south central U.S was responsible for large area of mostly leftover
light density smoke. A few patches of moderate density smoke were embedded
in regions over southeastern Oklahoma and south central Arkansas.

Southeastern United States, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Mid-Atlantic coast…
An area of remnant thin density smoke from recent seasonal fire activity
in the southeastern U.S was observed this morning across Eastern Gulf of
Mexico to the Eastern Carolinas. In addition, a number of newly developed
smoke plumes were seen across the U.S.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Southern Gulf of Mexico, Southern and Eastern Mexico, Northwestern Central
America and the Pacific Ocean south of Mexico and Central America...
The combination of light density smoke from seasonal fires in Mexico
and Central America along with other atmospheric pollutants including
aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industries in the region was
observed this morning over the southern Gulf of Mexico, southern and
eastern Mexico, northwestern Central America and the Tropical Eastern
Pacific Ocean offshore of southwestern Mexico and northwestern Central
America. A few patches of moderate density smoke were observed   over
southern Mexico and extending to the south to the nearby Pacific.

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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.