DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z April 7, 2022
SMOKE: Florida... A few light smoke plumes were observed moving northeast from agricultural burning near and south of Lake Okeechobee. Arkansas/Texas... Scattered smoke-producing fire activity in Texas and Arkansas was observed emitting light smoke that was moving south across Texas and east-southeastward across Arkansas. SMOKE/AEROSOL/BLOWING DUST/: Florida Peninsula/Gulf Coast/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Mexico/ Central America/Pacific/Caribbean... A large area of thin smoke, blowing dust, and unknown aerosol was present across the southern and eastern CONUS, Gulf of Mexico, eastern Mexico, Central America, the western Caribbean, Cuba, and the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. Much of the smoke originates from agricultural burning in Cuba, Central America, the Yucatan Peninsula, and eastern Mexico, while a mixture of smoke and aerosol originated from gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche and Mexico’s coastal plain south of the Bay of Campeche. The area of smoke originates from Cuba and Central America and moves northwest from each location. As the layer amasses more smoke over the Yucatan, Bay of Campeche, and southern Gulf of Mexico, the smoke abruptly begins to move northeast. The smoke then merges with the smoke from Cuba and moves north-northeast along the eastern CONUS along and ahead of one front as well as east-northeast out into the Atlantic Ocean ahead of a second front. The portions extending from Texas into Ohio are a combination of smoke from fire activity and remnant blowing dust from the high winds yesterday across the Great Plains. 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