Sunday, March 27, 2022

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

 


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.