Tuesday, April 19, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0136Z April 20, 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 earlier but cloud cover over
the central US made smoke analysis difficult. Light to moderate density
smoke plumes were visible throughout the southeast with the plums moving
south as evening approached. Heavier areas of smoke were observed over
eastern Texas and western Louisiana were numerous fires of moderate to
thick density smoke moving north.

Arizona...
Two wildfires in central New Mexico were responsible for two moderate
to heavy smoke plumbs that were generally moving east into northern New
Mexico 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 Mexico, the Bay of Campeche,
the Gulf of Mexico parts of 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.

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

 


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.