DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0109Z April 1, 2022
SMOKE: Southern Texas/Northeastern Mexico/Western Gulf of Mexico… Several larger wildfires in southern Texas and in northeastern Mexico were responsible for a large area of thin to moderate density smoke with a few much smaller embedded patches of thick smoke which impacted those areas as well as a portion of the western Gulf of Mexico. The smoke from these fires also likely merged with smoke spreading to the north from the ongoing widespread seasonal fires in Mexico. Eastern Texas... Another wildfire in far eastern Teas was seen this evening blowing moderate to heavy density smoke across central Louisiana. Eastern U.S... An area of residual light density smoke from recent heavy seasonal burning was seen trough cloud cover stretching from Virginia in the north to the Florida Panhandle in the south. Central, U.S... Agricultural burning activity was observed throughout central and the central United States. creating areas of light density smoke through parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. SMOKE/AEROSOL: U.S. Gulf Coast/Florida/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America... A large mass of 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 the Bay of Campeche, the Gulf of Mexico through the U.S. Gulf Coast and Florida, and the Pacific Ocean extending well south of the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. Moderate density smoke/aerosol covered the western and central Gulf of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, portions of southern and eastern Mexico, and south of the coast of Mexico and northwestern Central America extending southward over part of the Pacific. Areas of thick smoke were seen mostly over Guatemala. Eglin 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