DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0159Z April 7, 2023
SMOKE: Central Plains… Heavy seasonal burning primarily in eastern Kansas is responsible for a large area of mostly moderate density smoke which was located over a portions of Kansas Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. Today’s round of seasonal fire activity in eastern Kansas cause an area dense smoke over most of eastern Kansas. Southeastern and Eastern U.S./Atlantic off the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S. Coast… Significant cloud cover over the southeastern and eastern U.S. prevented smoke in detection through satellite imagery though some larger fires were picked up latter today. Smoke from heavy seasonal burning in the central U.S. and possible smoke from the seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America was present in some of this region. The smoke was visible extending from the Mid-Atlantic coastal region out over the Atlantic Ocean. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southwestern Texas/Gulf of Mexico/Hispaniola/Cuba/Caribbean Sea/Northwestern Central America/Eastern Half of Mexico/Pacific Ocean South of the Southern Coast of Mexico and Central America… Significant and widespread seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America resulted in a very large mass of primarily thin to moderate density smoke which blanketed much of the eastern half of Mexico, portions of Central America, the Pacific off the coast of southern Mexico and northwestern Central America, the southern and western Gulf of Mexico, and far southwestern Texas. Some aerosols from industrial activities originating in Mexico and Central America may also be mixed in with the smoke. Cloudiness in various places including Texas and inland over the southeastern U.S. and Mid-Atlantic region prevented the location of any smoke through satellite imagery which might still be present in those areas. Moderate to even smaller thick density areas of smoke were seen over some of southern Mexico, northwestern Central America (thick), most of the Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, and Hispaniola. Blowing Dust: Texas, Oklahoma... Light blowing dust could be seen originating in western Texas and was moving northwest into central New Mexico 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