DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 28, 2022
SMOKE: Central, South Central, and Southeastern United States, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast…. A large area of mostly thin density smoke attributed primarily to recent and ongoing widespread seasonal type fire activity over portions of the central, south central, and southeastern U.S. was seen this morning over all of those regions and across the Gulf of Mexico and off the Southeast Coast. Within this area of thin density smoke there were several areas of moderate density smoke which was moving to the southeast over the Southeastern United States. It is possible that especially over the southern portion of this large area of smoke, that some smoke from the widespread and significant seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America may also be mixing in. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Central America, Pacific Ocean Well South of Mexico and Central America… A large area of thin to moderate density smoke mixed with aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was visible this evening over Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, Cuba, and the Tropical Pacific Ocean south of Mexico and Central America. The moderate areas of smoke were generally seen over eastern Mexico, southern Texas and the western Gulf of Mexico. It is possible that some of the smoke and aerosol is likely mixing with smoke being transported to the south and southeast from the seasonal fire activity occurring in the central and south central U.S. This mixing is more likely over the northern Mexico, southern Texas and the Gulf of 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