Friday, October 28, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 29, 2022

SMOKE:
Western Gulf of Mexico/Southern Mexico/Tropical Eastern Pacific…
A light to moderate density area of smoke was seen covering an area from
the Texas Gulf Coast to the Gulf of Tehuantepec and across the Tropical
Eastern Pacific. The source for this smoke was gas flaring activity
across the Bay of Campeche and southern Mexico, with perhaps some dust
or other aerosol contributions from central Mexico. Smoke was observed
moving northward through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, then northwestward
along the western Bay of Campeche and Veracruz. One major source can
be seen in far southeastern Veracruz emitting moderate to perhaps thick
smoke. Gas flaring across the Bay of Campeche was also producing smoke
that moved northwestward. The smoke across the western Gulf of Mexico
then moved north and northeast ahead of a cold front moving across
central Texas. Further smoke and aerosol was seen moving westward out
across the Pacific from Guerrero and southern Oaxaca. Smoke was also
seen accumulating across portions of the Pacific south of eastern Oaxaca.

Great Plains…
An area of light remnant smoke was analyzed extending from far
southeastern South Dakota into western Texas. This smoke is likely remnant
from smoke production along the southeast and Lower to Mid-Mississippi
Valley. The smoke was getting stretched south-southwestward and
northeastward by a low pressure system over northern Texas and a high
pressure area over Iowa.

Northern Plains…
Scattered smoke plume production was observed from agricultural
burning from Nebraska into western Ontario. The smoke was observed
moving northeastward. Further northeastward moving smoke plumes may
be present across eastern North Dakota, southern Saskatchewan, and
southern Manitoba...but cloud cover moved in over the region throughout
the afternoon, limiting the analysis of smoke in these areas.

Northern Coastal California…
Two wildfires were observed producing at least moderate density smoke this
afternoon. The smoke was generally spreading out in numerous directions
with a small stream favoring northwestward movement. Cloud cover over
the area inhibited the ability to fully analyze the extent of the smoke
over this area, and likely prevented the analysis of smoke across other
portions of Northern California.

Lower-to-Mid-Mississippi Valley and the southeastern CONUS…
Again, widespread cloud cover limited the ability to analyze smoke
emanating from the agricultural burning noted across southeastern Missouri
into eastern Arkansas (where the density of agricultural burning was
greatest) and across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and the
Carolinas. It is likely smoke was emanating from at least some of the
activity, with much of the smoke likely moving westward.

Hosley


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.