DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z April 28, 2022
SMOKE: Northern Plains/Midwest/Ohio River Region... A large area of thin density smoke was detected across the northern Plains through much of the Midwest and extending eastward into majority of the Ohio River Region. Much of this smoke was sourced from widespread agricultural burning yesterday in the region. Cloud cover from the west covered much of Central and Midwest U.S, thus making the full extent of the smoke unknown in this evening’s analysis. Southeastern U.S… Fire activity producing light smoke plumes was visible across the southeastern U.S, from Arkansas to North Carolina. Majority of the smoke was observed moving southward with the exception of the smoke in Louisiana and Arkansas. Smoke in Louisiana was observed moving westward while the smoke in Arkansas was seen moving northward. Southwestern U.S... A large wildfire located in Central Arizona was observed producing a thin density smoke plume extending across northeastern Arizona and into parts of southern Utah and Colorado. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean south of Mexico.. An area of thin density smoke from seasonal fires in Mexico along with other atmospheric pollutants including aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industries in the region was observed this evening over southern Mexico and Pacific ocean well south of Mexico. Nguyen 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