DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0021Z April 4, 2023
Central United States... Heavy fire activity in central U.S. including numerous wildfires in eastern Oklahoma and eastern Kansas was producing a light to moderate area of smoke with some denser smoke close to the sources that was seen extending from portions of the Southern and Central Plains northeast into portions of the Upper Midwest. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast Coast of the United States, Gulf Coastal States of the United States, South Central United States, Gulf of Mexico, Western Caribbean Sea, Western Caribbean Islands, Eastern and Southern Mexico, Northwest Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of Southwest Mexico and Northwestern Central America... A mixture of thin to moderate density smoke from seasonal fire activity in Mexico, Central America and the western Caribbean Islands and aerosols from industrial activity also originating from portions of Mexico and Central America was seen extending from the Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast Coast of the United States towards the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coastal States, South Central United States, western Caribbean Islands and Western Caribbean Sea, eastern/central southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and into the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of southwest Mexico and northwest Central America. Blowing Dust: California/Las Vegas/Arizona/... Light to medium blowing dust could be seen originating from southern California and southern Las Vegas and was moving east and southeast into central Arizona this evening. Arizona/New Mexico/Utah/Colorado... Light to medium blowing dust could be seen originating from northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado and was moving northeast into central Colorado this evening. Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas... Light blowing dust could be seen originating in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles and was moving northeast into southwestern Kansas 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