DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0143Z March 14, 2022
SMOKE: South-central, Southeastern U.S... Widespread agricultural burning activity was observed throughout the South-central and southeastern United States, throughout the area numerous fires blanketed the area with light density smoke that included large swaths of moderate to heavy density smoke. The burning areas producing smoke starts in southern Kansas and continues south to Texas, east through the Gulf states ending in southern North Carolina and the smoke throughout this area is generally moving north or northeast. Heavier areas of smoke were observed over western Oklahoma and southern Mississippi. California... Seasonal burning activity in northern California was was responsible for numerous light to moderate density smoke plumbs that were moving north as evening approached. SMOKE/AEROSOL: 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, 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: California, Nevada, Arizona... Areas of mostly light (with some moderate swaths) blowing dust was observed generally moving southeast from southern California and southern Nevada over western Nevada as evening approached. 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