DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z April 14, 2022
SMOKE: Mid-Atlantic/Northeastern U.S./Western Atlantic Ocean... Remnant light to moderate density smoke attributed from recent agricultural and seasonal burning activity over parts of the central and southeastern U.S. was observed over parts of the coastal Mid-Atlantic, over the Northeastern U.S. including New England, and offshore over the western Atlantic Ocean this morning. Great Lakes region/Ohio River Valley/Southwestern and Central U.S... Light density smoke was observed over parts of the Great Lakes including Lake Huron and Lake Erie as well as over parts of the northern Ohio River Valley including Michigan, western Ohio, Indiana, and northern Kentucky. Light density smoke was also observed over the Central Plains including South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and eastern Colorado. Moderate to thick density smoke was observed from the Hermits Peak fire complex and light to moderate density smoke was observed from the McBride fire complex in New Mexico progressing eastward this morning. Southeastern U.S... Widespread cloud cover from a weather system over the region made smoke analysis difficult over the region this morning. SMOKE/AEROSOL: U.S. Gulf Coast/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America... A broad 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 portion of southern, eastern, southwestern, and southeastern Mexico, as well as over the Bay of Campeche, the western/central Gulf of Mexico, over the coastal western/central U.S Gulf of Mexico states, and the Pacific Ocean well offshore 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, parts of Northern Central America, and south of the coast of Mexico and northwestern Central America extending southward offshore over the eastern Pacific ocean this morning. BLOWING DUST: Southeastern Lesser Antilles/Central Atlantic/Northern South America... A broad region of Saharan dust was observed over the Central Atlantic, progressing over Northern South America over Venezuela, and over the southeastern Lesser Antilles as well as 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