DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2315Z April 3, 2022
SMOKE: Central, Southeastern U.S... Widespread agricultural burning and some wildfire activity was observed throughout the central and southeastern United States. Predominantly light density smoke plumes were seen especially along eastern South Carolina, central Georgia and Alabama, western Florida Panhandle, Arkansas, and southeastern Missouri. The smoke seen across the southeastern states was being dispersed to the southeast, and to the north across the central states. Southwestern Gulf of Mexico/Central and Southern Mexico/Pacific coast off Central America... A mix of light smoke from seasonal burning and aerosols associated with gas flaring and other urban and industrial activities was seen covering the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, and Central and southern Mexico including the Pacific coastline all the way to Central America, and extending further out for approximately 200 miles offshore. The plume was mostly stagnant. WS 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