DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z April 13, 2022
SMOKE: Mid-Atlantic/Western Atlantic... A region of light to moderate density smoke attributed from smoke transport from agricultural and seasonal fire activity over the southeastern U.S. was observed over a large portion of the Mid-Atlantic including Maryland, Southern New Jersey and Delaware. Moderate density smoke was observed over parts of Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Light density smoke was observed off shore from southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic over the Western Atlantic this morning. Southeastern U.S... Light density smoke from recent seasonal burning activity was observed over the southeastern U.S., however cloud cover from a weather system progressing through the region has made the extent of the smoke analysis difficult this morning. Southwestern and Central U.S... Moderate to thick density smoke from the Hermits Peak and McBride fire complexes in New Mexico was observed progressing southeastward. A broad region of light to moderate density smoke was observed over parts of the Central U.S. including South Dakota, Nebraska, and Eastern New Mexico. Moderate density smoke was seen over the Northern Texas Panhandle, far Eastern New Mexico, Western Oklahoma, and western Kansas in this morning GOES visible satellite imagery. SMOKE/AEROSOL: U.S. Gulf Coast/Florida/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/South Central U.S./Bay of Campeche/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America... A large region of light to moderate density smoke from seasonal fire activity mixed with aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was observed covering a large part of southern, eastern, and southeastern Mexico, as well as the Bay of Campeche, the Gulf of Mexico through the South Central U.S., and the Pacific Ocean well south of the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. Moderate density smoke/aerosols covered the western and central Gulf of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, portions of southern and eastern Mexico, and south of the coast of Mexico and northwestern Central America extending southward over part of the Pacific. Widespread cloud cover extending over the south central and southeastern U.S has made it difficult to detect the full extent of the smoke/aerosols mix within the South Central U.S. this morning. BLOWING DUST: Southeastern Caribbean/Central Atlantic/Northern South America... A broad region of Saharan dust was observed over the Central Atlantic, progressing over Northern South America including Venezuela, and just southeast of the southern Lesser Antilles along and north of the South American coastline this morning. Sambucci 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