DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0121Z April 30, 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 Kansas and Iowa 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. Cloud clover over the eastern and northern U.S. precluded further smoke analysis in this area. 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 massive mostly thick smoke smoke plumes this evening which were moving east of southeast over the northern Texas and Oklahoma before becoming cloud covered. 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. BLOWING DUST: Texas, Oklahoma... A moderate to thick mass of blowing dust was observed moving south from eastern Colorado into western Kansas, northern Texas and northern Oklahoma 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