DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z April 4, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS… Numerous seasonal fires from Louisiana into North Carolina were observed emitting mainly light smoke this morning. Many of the smoke plumes were moving westward or southwestward, but an abrupt wind shift across central Georgia was noted and caused smoke plumes there to start moving north and eastward. It it also likely seasonal agricultural burning observed across Florida is producing smoke, but substantial cloud cover has been obscuring any smoke emissions there. A remnant area of smoke was also observed moving north from the far Northern Gulf of Mexico across far southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Central Plains… Smoke production from prescribed burning across northeastern Kansas and far southeastern Nebraska was observed this morning. The smoke was light in nature and was moving west-southwest. Again, it is possible further smoke production is occurring south of the areas analyzed, but cloud cover is present and possibly obscuring the view. Far southern CONUS/southern Florida/Gulf of Mexico/shore and coastal plain of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Tehuantepec/Pacific Ocean... A mix of light to moderate smoke from seasonal burning and aerosols associated with gas flaring and other urban and industrial activities was seen blanketing southern Florida, Cuba, much of the Gulf of Mexico, southern Texas, eastern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, the Gulf of Tehuantepec, and the Pacific coastal areas off Mexico and Central America. This area of smoke/aerosol was slowly moving northward across the Gulf of Mexico and into Texas and Louisiana, with some moving offshore across southern Mexico and central America. Hosley 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