DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1638Z April 25, 2022
SMOKE: New Mexico... A wildfire in northern New Mexico continued to burn producing light to moderate-density smoke dispersing north just south of the Colorado boarder. Arizona/Northern Baja California... A fire in Yavapai County in central Arizona continued to burn resulting in a plume of light density smoke extending toward the southwest where it combined with remnant smoke from earlier heavier burning in this area. Light smoke mixed with urban pollution from the greater L.A. basin spread to the southwest of the fire and over northern Baja California. 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 southeast approximately 750 miles over the Atlantic ocean from Virginia/North Carolina coast. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas, Louisiana, /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 parts of southern and eastern Texas, southern Louisiana, 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 Gulf of Mexico, the western 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. BLOWING DUST/Smoke: Pacific Ocean, northwestern U.S. Western Canada... The significant swath of blowing dust from the Gobi Dessert in Mongolia combined with smoke from heavy wildfires in Siberia and continues to be seen spreading to the east across the Pacific south of Alaska and appears to be covering British Colombia, Alberta, southwestern Saskatchewan, Montana, and the Dakotas. The Pacific northwestern United States was cloud covered but smoke and dust most likely exists there as well. 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