Friday, April 8, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0310Z April 8, 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.

Oklahoma/Texas…
Several wildfires over western Oklahoma and the eastern part of the Texas
Panhandle were spreading light to moderate density plumes to the
southeast.

Northern Rockies...
Several wildfires across north-central Montana were producing small thin
density plumes that were moving to the east.  Over central Idaho, a
wildfire was producing a small light to moderate density plume spreading
slowly to the east.


SMOKE/AEROSOL/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.


DUST:
Front Range/Southern and Central Plains...
A large area of blowing dust moving to the southeast was detected across
eastern Colorado, western Kansas and Oklahoma, parts of the Texas
Panhandle,
and north-central Texas.

Konon


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.