DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0153Z April 29, 2022
SMOKE: Central, Eastern U.S... Agricultural burning and wildfire activity was observed throughout the central and eastern United States. These fires combined with remnant smoke blanketing the area with light density smoke that included large areas of moderate density smoke. The smoke stretches from the Dakotas in the north, continuing south through Texas and east through the eastern U.S. and over the Atlantic starting in southern Virginia down to central Florida. Heavier areas of smoke was observed over Georgia, Alabama and Virginia. This smoke continues south combining with the smoke in the "SMOKE/AEROSOL" section. Southwestern U.S… The Hermits Peak and Cerro Pelado Fires in north central New Mexico were emitting moderate to locally thick smoke plumes this evening which were moving northeast over the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. Farther to the west, a relatively narrow thin density smoke plume from the Crooks Fire in central Arizona south of Prescott spread to the northeast over central and north central Arizona. Cuba: Seasonal burning was responsible for numerous light to moderate density smoke plumbs throughout Cuba creating areas of light smoke over the Caribbean moving northwest of Cuba and west south of the island. Some moderate density smoke plums were observed in southern Cuba. 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, most of 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. UNKNOWN AEROSOL/DUST: South Central and Southeastern Canada/Great Lakes Region/Northeastern U.S… A thin density aerosol remained visible this today spreading to the southeast across portions of Ontario and Quebec provinces, the Great Lakes Region, and the northeastern U.S. This aerosol may be long range dust/smoke transport from Asia but also may be partly composed of smoke from recent widespread seasonal fire activity farther to the south across the north central and central U.S. BLOWING DUST: Texas, Oklahoma... A area of light to possibly moderate blowing dust was observed moving northeast from western Texas and southeastern New Mexico this evening. 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