DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1705Z March 3, 2022
SMOKE: South Central and Southeastern U.S./Western Atlantic/Northern Gulf of Mexico... Widespread agricultural burning and seasonal fire activity was observed across much of the Central/South Central and Southeastern U.S. A broad region of light density smoke and several smaller regions of moderate density smoke attributed from the widespread fire activity was observed this morning. Smoke was observed over most of the Central/South Central U.S, to the west of the Lower and Mid Mississippi Valley. Smoke was also observed east of the Mississippi Valley over the Mid Tennessee/Ohio River Valley and further east over Western North Carolina and Central/Southern Virginia. Smoke was seen as well over the Southeastern U.S. as well as over the Northern Gulf coast/Northern Gulf of Mexico and to the east of the region well offshore out over the Western Atlantic ocean this morning. Western Caribbean Sea... Light density smoke attributed from agricultural burning and seasonal fire activity over Cuba was observed west and southwest of the Island over parts of the Western Caribbean Sea this morning. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Gulf of Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Southern Mexico/Central America... The combination of light density smoke from widespread seasonal fire activity 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. A broad region of smoke and aerosols was seen over the Western Gulf Mexico, most of the Bay of Campeche, over most of Southern, Eastern, and Southwestern Mexico, as well as over coastal Central America, and well offshore south and southwest from Southern Mexico and Northwestern Central America out over the Pacific ocean this morning. Sambucci 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