DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0120Z March 13, 2022
SMOKE: Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma... Seasonal burning was responsible for numerous light to moderate density smoke plumbs throughout Texas and Oklahoma. Most of the smoke plumbs in northern Texas and Oklahoma were generally moving northeast in direction while plumbs in southern Texas and Louisiana along the Gulf Coast were moving south as evening approached. One of the larger moderate to heavy density smoke plumbs was observed in eastern Oklahoma moving south as evening approached. California... Seasonal burning activity in northern and southern California was responsible for light to moderate density smoke plumbs. In the north the plumbs were moving north before they became cloud covered precluding further smoke analysis; west of Santa Monica the light to moderate smoke plumb was moving south over the Pacific Ocean. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas, Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean Well South of Mexico and Central America… A mass of remnant thin to moderate density smoke mixed with aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was visible today over the southern Texas, portions of the Gulf of Mexico, far western Bay of Campeche, southern and eastern Mexico, 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. BLOWING DUST: Oregon, California, Nevada... Areas of moderate to thick blowing dust was observed generally moving east-northeast from southeastern California, northern Nevada and south-central Oregon as evening approached. This dust could stretch further north and east but cloud cover prevented further analysis. Two rather thick areas of dust were seen kicking up in south-central Oregon and were moving northeast across the state before becoming cloud covered. 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