DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0148Z March 25, 2022
SMOKE: Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas... Seasonal burning and wildfire activity created broad area of light density smoke that was extending south and southeast from northern Oklahoma, southeast Arkansas, Louisiana, southeast Mississippi, and south through Texas. There were several plumbs of moderate to heavy density throughout the area. Withing this footprint were numerous moderate density smoke plumbs and several moderate to heavy smoke plumbs were noted as well. Southeastern U.S... Seasonal burning and remnant smoke created broad area of light density smoke that was extending east from southeastern Mississippi, through Alabama, into northeast Georgia. There were several plumbs of moderate to heavy density throughout the area generally moving east. Arizona... A probable wildfire in western Arizona was emitting a plumb of light density smoke which was moving south in direction. Nebraska, Kansas... A possible seasonal burning in central Nebraska was emitting two plumbs of light to moderate density smoke which was moving south in direction crossing into northern Kansas. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean Well South of Mexico and Central America… A large mass of thin to moderate density smoke mixed with aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was visible today over eastern and southern Texas, Louisiana, southern Mississippi, most of the Gulf of Mexico (Stretching to western Florida), the Bay of Campeche, southern/eastern/western 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 and the southern Gulf of Mexico. 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