DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z April 10, 2022
SMOKE/AEROSOL: Central United States, Western Gulf of Mexico, Western Caribbean Sea, Eastern and Southern Mexico, Northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of Mexico and Central America…. A large area of light to moderate density smoke was seen over much of the Central United States extending from the Upper Midwest south and southwest to the western Gulf Coast States and Southern Plains into the western Gulf of Mexico, eastern and southern Mexico, the northwestern Caribbean Sea, northwestern Central America and the Tropical Pacific Ocean south and southwest of Central America and Mexico. Within this area, an area of moderate density smoke was seen from eastern Texas south along the western Gulf of Mexico and eastern Mexico and into southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and then extending well offshore into the Tropical Pacific Ocean south and southwest of Central America and Mexico. The source of the smoke was from the widespread ongoing seasonal fire activity in the Central Plains states of the United States, Mexico and Central America. In addition, 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. DUST: Numerous areas of blowing dust were seen over portions of the Central and Southwest United States this evening. One area was seen from Kansas and Nebraska and extending west into portions of eastern Colorado. Another area was seen further south extending from west central Texas and then extending back through southern New Mexico, southern Arizona and into northern 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