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