DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z April 2, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Southeastern United States…. An area of light density smoke, from fire activity in these areas over the past few days, was extending from the Southeastern United States and Gulf Coast west to the Southern Plains and then extending northeast through the Central United States towards the Upper Midwest. SMOKE/AEROSOL: U.S. Gulf Coast, Florida, Mexico, Central America, Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America... A large area 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, 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 was seen extending from just west of the Gulf Coast of Florida west through the Gulf of Mexico, into eastern and southern Mexico, northwest Central America and into the Tropical Pacific Ocean south of southern Mexico and northwestern Central America. 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