DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0128Z April 15, 2022
SMOKE: Central, Southeastern U.S... Widespread agricultural burning and some wildfire activity was observed throughout the central United States. Numerous fires and remnant smoke blanketed the area with light density smoke that included large areas of moderate density smoke. The burning areas producing smoke starts eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the north, continuing south through Texas and east through the Gulf states ending in Georgia. A heavier area of smoke was observed over eastern Kansas and Oklahoma, the moderate to possibly thick smoke was moving northeast into central Missouri. Recent rounds of heavy blowing dust may be contributing to this mass. This smoke continues south combining with the smoke in the "SMOKE/AEROSOL" section below. Texas... A possible wildfire in eastern Texas was emitting a plumb of moderate to heavy density smoke which was moving northwest as evening approached. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas, U.S. Gulf Coast/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America... A large mass 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 parts of southern and eastern Texas, southern/eastern/southeastern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, the Gulf of Mexico through the U.S. Gulf Coast States, and the Pacific Ocean extending well south of the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. Moderate density smoke/aerosol 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. Recent rounds of heavy blowing dust has been contributing to this mass. 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 today. Eglin 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