DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1705Z March 4, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern United States, Southern Plains, and Northern Gulf of Mexico... Widespread agricultural burning and seasonal fire activity was observed across much of the Southeastern United States and most of the Southern Plains. A broad region of light density smoke was observed from the widespread seasonal fire activity over a large portion of the Southeastern U.S. and also over much of the Lower Mississippi Valley and also over parts of the Southern Plains. Cloud cover from a weather system progressing over the Central/Southern Plains has made smoke analysis difficult over this region this morning. Moderate density smoke was observed over most of Southern Georgia, over parts of South Carolina, and over Northern Florida extending eastward offshore over the Western Atlantic. Light density smoke was also seen as far north over eastern North Carolina including the Outer Banks and south of the region over the Northern Gulf coast/Northern Gulf of Mexico. Light density smoke was also observed west of Florida over the Eastern Gulf of Mexico this morning. Northwestern Cuba... Seasonal fire activity was observed over parts of Cuba, which has resulted in light density smoke being observed over Northwestern Cuba this morning. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Mexico/Southern, Southwestern, Eastern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America... The combination of light to moderate density smoke from 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 visible this morning. A broad region of smoke and aerosols was observed over the Western Bay of Campeche, the southern/western Gulf of Mexico, over southern, central, eastern, and southwestern Mexico. Smoke and aerosols were also observed over a parts of northwestern Central America. Moderate density smoke and aerosols were seen off the coast of southern/southwestern Mexico and light density smoke and aerosols were observed well offshore from southern and southwestern Mexico and northwestern Central America over the Eastern Pacific ocean this morning. DUST: Northwestern Mexico/Baja of California... A small region of blowing dust was observed over parts of the Northern Baja of California over Northwestern Mexico ahead of a weather system currently located over Southern California. The dust is progressing northeastward ahead of the large weather system towards Southern Arizona 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