DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1640Z March 28, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Southern U.S. A large thin density plume, primarily from yesterday’s agricultural burns but with some from new burns today, was detected extending from the Central Plains, across the Mid Mississippi Valley, parts of the Southeastern U.S., and to just north of the Bahamas. A plume a thin density smoke also primarily from yesterday’s agricultural burns was located over far southeastern Oklahoma and central Texas. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico/Pacific Coast... A large area of thin density smoke from seasonal fires mixed with aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico covered a large part of eastern and southeastern Mexico and along the south-central Mexico Pacific coastal region. Konon 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