Wednesday, April 13, 2022

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.

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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.