Saturday, April 16, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z April 17, 2022

SMOKE:
Iowa…
Widespread seasonal and agricultural burning producing light smoke
plumes was visible this evening across Iowa. The smoke was observed
progressing southeastward.

Kansas…
An area of thin density smoke from ongoing seasonal burning and fire
activity in eastern central Kansas progressing north. Cloud cover over
the central and south central U.S is preventing analysis on the full
extent on the smoke this evening.

Central and South Central U.S...
Significant cloud cover over the region stretching from portions of
Texas and Oklahoma eastward to the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic region
and in addition of cloud cover progressing eastward from western U.S
is preventing any information through satellite imagery on the possible
presence of smoke in these areas this evening.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
U.S. Gulf Coast Region/Gulf of Mexico/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Central
America/Bay of Campeche/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central
America/Caribbean…
A large mass of primarily 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 portions of southern
and eastern Mexico and Central America and extending to the north over
the Bay of Campeche, the Gulf of Mexico, and inland over the U.S. Gulf
Coast from southern Texas to the northeastern tip of Florida. Cloud cover
farther inland over the south central and southeastern U.S. limited
additional information on the northward extent of the smoke/aerosol
through satellite imagery. The smoke/aerosol also extended well south of
the southern coast of Mexico and Central America over the Pacific. The
moderately dense smoke/aerosol mix stretched over southern and eastern
Mexico, the furthermost western Gulf of Mexico, southern Texas, and
offshore over the Pacific south of Mexico and Central America.

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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.