DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z April 25, 2022
SMOKE: U.S. Mid-Atlantic... An area of remnant light-density smoke from previous day fires in the central and eastern U.S was observed spreading across eastern Northern Carolina and Virginia, Maryland, central-eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, southern New York and Connecticut, extending further over the Atlantic ocean for approximately 500 miles toward the east-southeast. Southeastern U.S... Scattered fire activity across the southeastern U.S. resulted in isolated plumes of predominantly light-to-moderate density smoke specially along southern Georgia, the Florida Panhandle, and southern Mississippi. The smoke was seen dispersing toward the north. New Mexico... Wildfires in northern New Mexico continued to burn producing moderate-to-heavy density smoke dispersing northeastward. Light smoke could be seen extending across central Kansas, and over the Great Lakes. Arizona/Northern Baja California... A fire in Yavapai County in central Arizona continued to burn resulting in a plume of moderate density smoke extending toward the south. Light smoke mixed with urban pollution from the greater L.A. basin spread to the southwest of the fire and over northern Baja California. Gulf of Mexico/Central-Southern Mexico/Central America... Light smoke from widespread seasonal fires in Mexico and Central America could be seen spreading over the central and western Gulf of Mexico, including southern Texas and Louisiana to the north, and the Yucatan Peninsula, central Mexico and Central America to the south. The plume extended further to the west for approximately 1,000 miles over the Pacific ocean. WS 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