DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z April 18, 2022
SMOKE: Tropical Pacific/Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/south-central CONUS/Florida... A large mass of primarily light density smoke from seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America along with burning yesterday across the Central Plains 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 and northeast over the Bay of Campeche, the Gulf of Mexico, and inland over the U.S. Gulf Coast, southern and central Plains, and the Lower and Mid-Missisppi Valley. Plains states into New Mexico… Agricultural burning was noted across Kansas and Oklahoma this morning producing light smoke that was moving southwest, with two fires in central Texas moving north-northwest. A wildfire (Hermit’s Peak) was also present in northern New Mexico producing mainly moderate smoke that was spreading north and south, then east out over the lower elevations of northeastern New Mexico. Hosley 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