DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0132Z March 27, 2022
SMOKE: Central, Southeastern U.S... Widespread agricultural burning and some wildfire activity was observed throughout central and the southeastern United States. Throughout the area numerous fires blanketed the area with light density smoke that included large areas of moderate density smoke with swaths of heavy density smoke. The burning areas producing smoke starts in southeastern Kansas and southern Iowa continuing south through Texas, then east through the Gulf states ending off the southeast coastline. Heavier areas of smoke were observed over Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arkansas, southern Mississippi, Louisiana and eastern Texas. This smoke continues south combining with the smoke in the "SMOKE/AEROSOL" section below. 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, Mississippi, most of the Gulf of Mexico (Stretching across Florida), the Bay of Campeche, southern and all of 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 eastern Mexico over the Bay of Campeche and the western/central 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