Sunday, March 20, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z March 21, 2022

SMOKE:
Central and South Central U.S. including Arkansas, Missouri, Eastern
Kansas, Oklahoma, Western Illinois, Iowa, and Western Louisiana...
Widespread agricultural burning along with seasonal fire activity and
several wildfires were observed this evening. Agricultural burning
was observed over a large portion of the central and south central
U.S. including Arkansas, Missouri, Eastern Kansas, Oklahoma, Western
Illinois, Iowa, and Western Louisiana. The widespread agricultural
burning activity was responsible for large regions of light to moderate
density smoke observed over the region. Moderate to thick density smoke
was observed from fire activity in Western Louisiana and Western/Northern
Arkansas which was seen progressing northward this evening.

Eastern and North Central Texas...
Seasonal fire activity and wildfire complex activity was observed in
parts of Eastern Texas to the north of Houston and in North Central Texas
to the west of Dallas-Fort Worth. Moderate to thick density smoke was
observed from the Eastland Complex wildfire complex along with several
other fires in the region with smoke progressing northward this evening.

Southeastern U.S and Western Atlantic including most of South Carolina
and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi...
Widespread agricultural burning and seasonal fire activity was observed
over parts of the Southeastern U.S. A large region of light density smoke
was observed from the fire activity over most of South Carolina with
smoke progressing southeastward towards and offshore over the Western
Atlantic Ocean. Moderate to thick density smoke was observed from a
fire in Southwestern Mississippi. Light to moderate density smoke was
observed from a fire activity in Eastern Alabama, Southwestern Georgia,
and over parts of Florida this evening.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Southern Texas, Florida, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico, Northwest Caribbean Sea,
Bahamas, Western Atlantic Ocean, Southern and Eastern Mexico, Central
America, and the Pacific Ocean well south of Mexico and Central America...
The combination of light to moderate density smoke from widespread
seasonal fire activity over parts of the U.S, Mexico, and Central
America along with a mix of aerosols from oil and gas flaring and
other industrial sources in Mexico was observed this evening. Smoke and
aerosols were observed over a broad region including parts of the coastal
southeastern U.S, the Gulf of Mexico, the northwestern Caribbean Sea,
parts of the Bahamas, parts of the Western Atlantic Ocean, southern and
all of eastern Mexico, Central America, and extending well offshore
south and southwest over the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of
Mexico and Central America this evening.

DUST:
Western/Northwestern Texas, Southeastern New Mexico, and
Northern/Northwestern Mexico...
A region of moderate to thick density blowing dust ahead of a weather
system was observed over parts of Western/Northwestern Texas and
Southeastern New Mexico progressing northward towards Oklahoma this
evening. Blowing dust was also observed over parts of Northwestern Mexico
progressing eastward towards West Texas this evening.

Sambucci


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.