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. Nguyen 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