DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z April 10, 2022
SMOKE: Central United States…. A large number of fires was seen over the Central Plains and was allowing for at least light density smoke to extend from there into the Northern Plains. Within that area, an area of moderate density smoke was seen extending from eastern Kansas north into portions of Iowa and Nebraska. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Florida/Southern Plains/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific off the Southern Coast of Mexico and Central America…. A large area of what is believed to be mainly thin to moderate density smoke was visible over Florida extending west and northwest through the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, western Gulf of Mexico, United States Southern Plains, much of Mexico, parts of Central America and into the Tropical Pacific Ocean south of Mexico and Central America. Moderate density smoke was seen more over eastern Mexico and the western Gulf of Mexico into southern Texas and also over coastal areas of southwestern Texas and extending offshore into the Tropical Pacific Ocean. The source of the smoke was the widespread ongoing seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America though some contribution from seasonal fires and a few wildfires occurring in the central and south central U.S may also be responsible for across the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and off the southeastern U.S. coast. Also, some of the aerosol farther to the south around Mexico, Central America and the Gulf of Mexico may be attributed in part to oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico. 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