DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0209Z March 10, 2022
SMOKE: Texas, Oklahoma... Heavy seasonal burning was responsible for numerous light to moderate density smoke plumbs (with some swaths of heavy density smoke) throughout Texas and Oklahoma. Most of the smoke plumbs in northern Texas and Oklahoma were generally moving north west in direction while plumbs in southern Texas were generally moving southwest as evening approached. Two of the larger moderate to heavy density smoke plumbs were observed in eastern Oklahoma moving southeast and in western Oklahoma moving northeast. California... Seasonal burning activity in northern California was creating an area of light density smoke that was moving south as evening approached. Cuba: Seasonal burning and remnant smoke were responsible for an area of light density smoke moving north of Cuba over the Caribbean and western Florida. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean Well South of Mexico and Central America… A large mass of remnant thin to moderate density smoke mixed with aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was visible this morning over portions of the central Gulf of Mexico, most of the Bay of Campeche, southern and eastern Mexico, northwestern Central America, and extending well to the south over the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. Moderately dense smoke/aerosol mixture was seen especially along and off the coast of southeastern Mexico and Guatemala over the Pacific and from southeastern Mexico to over the Bay of Campeche. The smoke over this large area was due to the widespread seasonal burning in Mexico and Central America. Extensive cloud cover over far southern and southeastern Texas, part of eastern Mexico, the western and northern Gulf of Mexico, and inland over the Southeastern U.S. prevented detection of any smoke which may be present there from satellite imagery. BLOWING DUST: Southeastern New Mexico/Northern Mexico/Texas... An area of light density blowing dust was observed moving east from far northern Mexico and Southeastern New Mexico into Texas and as evening approached. This dust could stretch further northeast but cloud cover and large areas of smoke prevented further analysis. Eglin 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