Tuesday, March 29, 2022

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.

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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.