DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z April 11, 2022
SMOKE: Area from Central U.S. to Great Lakes Region/Ohio and Tennessee Valley Regions… Widespread cloud cover is prevalent extending from the central U.S. to the north and east over the Great Lakes region, the Ohio Valley, the Tennessee Valley, and portions of the southeastern U.S. which prevented detection of any smoke using satellite imagery which might still be present in these areas. Significant seasonal fire activity over the past few days in the central U.S. likely resulted in leftover smoke which could be present in some of the areas where cloud cover is occurring. SMOKE/AEROSOL: South Central and Southeastern U.S./Mid-Atlantic Region/Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast U.S. Coast/Eastern and Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean off the Southern Coast of Mexico and Central America… A large area of mainly light density smoke possibly mixed with other aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was seen this morning over much of eastern and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and extending to the south over the Pacific off the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. The smoke and possible other aerosol mixture was also seen extending well to the north and northeast over the Bay of Campeche, most of the Gulf of Mexico, and at least as far north as the Red River bordering Texas and Oklahoma, Louisiana, and eastward from there over portions of the southeastern U.S., Middle-Atlantic region, and off the southeastern U.S. coast over the Atlantic. Moderately dense smoke was confined to a relatively smaller area primarily over southeastern Mexico, the western Bay of Campeche, and off the southeastern coast of Mexico over the Pacific. DUST: Baja/Gulf of California/Northwestern Mexico… Residual possible blowing dust was visible this morning spreading slowly to the north over portions of Baja, the Gulf of California, and northwestern Mexico. This dust was likely kicked up by recent stronger winds in parts of Baja and northwestern Mexico. JS 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