Saturday, March 12, 2022

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.