Tuesday, March 15, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 16, 2022

SMOKE:
Northeastern United States, Midwest, Central Plains and Southern
Plains….
An area of thin density smoke, from the numerous fires ongoing over the
Midwest and Central Plains, was seen extending from western New York and
southern Ontario west through the Midwestern states and into the Central
and Southern Plains states.  Within this area, several areas of localized
moderate to high density smoke was seen near ongoing fire activity.


SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Florida, Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Southern and Eastern
Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean Well South of Mexico and Central
America…
An area of thin density smoke mixed with aerosols from oil and gas
flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico and Central America was
seen extending from the Gulf of Mexico west into central and southern
Mexico, northwestern Central America and into the Tropical Pacific Ocean
south of northwest Central America and southern Mexico.

Hanna


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.