DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0010Z March 3, 2022
SMOKE: South Central and Southeastern U.S./Atlantic Coast/Northern Gulf of Mexico... Widespread fire activity was observed across much of the South Central and Southeastern U.S. with numerous small plumes of light-to-moderate density coalescing into a much larger area of light-density smoke covering the entire region from eastern Kansas to southeastern Texas all the way to central Florida and North Carolina. Fire and smoke activity was particularly pronounced in central-eastern South Carolina, and central-southern Georgia and Alabama where plumes were dispersing toward the southeast extending over the Atlantic ocean to the east and over the northern Gulf of Mexico to the south. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Pacific Ocean off Southern 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 afternoon over the Pacific ocean off the coast of southern Mexico and Central America. The plume was mostly stagnant. WS 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