DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z March 22, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S… Seasonal agricultural burning and fire activity producing light smoke plumes was visible this evening in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. The majority of the fire activity was concentrated in Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama with the smoke progressing northwestward this evening. SMOKE/AEROSOLS: Western Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Coastal Central America/Pacific Ocean Well South of Mexico… A large mass of light to moderate density smoke mixed with aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was visible this evening. Smoke and aerosols were observed over all of the Western Gulf of Mexico, most of the Bay of Campeche, southern and all of eastern Mexico, coastal Central America, and extending well to the south/southwest over the Pacific Ocean this evening. DUST: Southwest U.S/Texas/Northern Mexico… Blowing dust was observed over a large portion of northern Mexico progressing eastward behind a weather system into south Texas. Blowing dust was also observed over southern New Mexico and western/northwestern Texas behind a weather system progressing northeastward towards Oklahoma. Blowing dust was observed over parts of southeastern California and southern Arizona this evening. Nguyen 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