DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1540Z April 29, 2022
SMOKE: Central, Eastern U.S... A large area of mostly light density smoke was seen over the Eastern and Central United States. 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. Some moderate density smoke, from the ongoing fires over north central New Mexico, was seen over Kansas and also from northern Texas extending west towards the fire activity. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Central America, Pacific Ocean south of Mexico and Central America... A large area 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 and eastern Mexico, 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 was seen over southwestern Mexico and extending south into the Tropical Pacific Ocean. UNKNOWN AEROSOL/DUST: Southeastern Canada and Northeastern U.S… An area of thin aerosol remained visible today from southeastern Canada extending into the northeastern United States. 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. Hanna 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