DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1720Z April 23, 2022
SMOKE: Plains/New Mexico... Ongoing wildfires in New Mexico are spreading a long thin density plume that extends across parts of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, central Kansas, and eastern Nebraska. Moderate density smoke is found over eastern South Dakota sourced yesterday from the New Mexico wildfires. Also, smoke from yesterday wildfires is likely over the Northern Rockies, Northern Plains, and south-central Canada, but extensive cloudiness from a strong low pressure system covers the area. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico/Central America/Bay of Campeche/Pacific... A large area of generally light density smoke from seasonal fire activity occurring in Mexico and Central America mixed with aerosols from oil/gas flaring and other industrial sources in the region was observed covering a large part of southern Mexico/Central America, parts of the Bay of Campeche, and the Pacific extending well south of the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. Konon 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