DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z March 30, 2022
SMOKE: Central/Southeastern U.S./Atlantic... A large region of light and moderate density smoke from widespread agricultural burning and seasonal fire activity was observed over parts of the Midwest, the Central Plains, over the Mid Mississippi/Tennessee Valleys, across parts of the Southeast, and for several hundred miles offshore east of the Bahamas and Florida. Cloud cover over parts of the region made smoke analysis difficult this evening. South Central Florida... A fire complex in south central Florida in the western portion of the Big Cypress Reservation was observed emitting moderate to thick density smoke that was observed progressing westward towards Naples and out over the Gulf of Mexico this evening. Bahamas/Cuba/Florida Straits/Caribbean Sea/Gulf of Mexico ... Fire activity was observed on Andros Island and Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas emitting light to moderate density smoke progressing southwestward and westward. Seasonal fire activity was observed over most of Cuba emitting light to moderate density smoke progressing over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Light to moderate density smoke was also observed east of the Bahamas over the Atlantic as well as over the Central Bahamas and over the Florida Straits south of the Florida Keys this evening. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific... A broad region light to moderate density smoke from seasonal fire activity mixed with aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was observed covering a large part of southern, eastern, and southeastern Mexico, as well as over the Gulf of Mexico, along the south-central Mexico Pacific coastal region, and well offshore from southern Mexico and northwestern Central America to the south and southwest out over the Eastern Pacific. DUST: Southwestern, South Central, and Central U.S./ Northern Mexico... A broad region of blowing dust to the south of a large weather system that is present over the Central Plains was observed over a large part of the southwestern, south central, and central U.S. Blowing dust was observed over eastern New Mexico, western/northwestern Texas, western Oklahoma, and southwestern Kansas as well as over northern Mexico this evening. Sambucci 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