DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z March 11, 2022
SMOKE: Arkansas/Oklahoma... Heavy seasonal burning was responsible for numerous light to moderate density smoke plumes throughout Arkansas and Oklahoma. The smoke plumes were generally moving to the north and northwest. Cuba… Seasonal fires in Cuba produced many smoke plumes which generally moved to the north and northwest. 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 density smoke mixed with aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was visible over portions of the western 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 extending from southeastern Mexico to the Bay of Campeche and Gulf of Mexico. The smoke over this 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. YL 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