Monday, April 18, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0010Z April 19, 2022

SMOKE:
Central-southern Plains…
Agricultural fires were actively burning across Kansas, Oklahoma and
eastern Texas this afternoon producing light smoke that was moving
south-southwest. An area of moderate-density smoke resulting from
the mixing of several individual plumes occupied eastern Kansas and
northeastern Oklahoma.

Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean...
A large mass of primarily light density smoke from seasonal fire activity
in Mexico and Central America mixed with aerosols from oil and gas flaring
and other industrial sources in Mexico covered the majority of Mexico
with the exception of the northwestern states, in addition to Central
America. The smoke extended further out over the entire Gulf of Mexico,
Bay of Campeche, and for more than a 1,000 miles over the Pacific ocean
off the coast of southern Mexico and Central America. Winds were pushing
part of the smoke from the Gulf of Mexico back inland over the Yucatan
Peninsula and southern Mexico where pockets of moderate-density smoke
could be observed.


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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.