DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0123Z April 16, 2022
SMOKE: Central, Southeastern and Coastal Eastern U.S... Widespread agricultural burning and some wildfire activity was observed throughout central and the southeastern United States. Numerous fires blanketed the area with light density smoke that included large areas of moderate density smoke. The burning areas producing smoke starts around Nebraska and Iowa in the north, continuing south through Texas and east through the Gulf states and finally extends north into New England and east over the Atlantic Ocean. Heavier areas of smoke were observed over eastern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. This smoke continues south combining with the smoke in the "SMOKE/AEROSOL" section below. New Mexico, Arizona... Two wildfires in northern New Mexico and northern Arizona were responsible for two light to moderate smoke plumbs that were generally moving east 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. 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