DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1620Z April 4, 2023
Central and Eastern United States... Areas of possible thin remnant density smoke was briefly seen in over Missouri and Virginia and North Carolina respectively. These areas of smoke were on either side of cloud cover that was seen engulfing most of the Midwest and southern U.S. Due to fire activity in the central U.S that was observed in previously analysis, these areas of thin smoke may be part of a larger area of light smoke that cannot be distinguish due to the cloud cover and weather. 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, 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 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 Caribbean Sea, eastern/central southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and into the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of southwest Mexico and northwest Central America. This area of smoke/aerosol mix may extend further north into the Gulf States of the U.S, but cloud cover prevented further analysis. In addition, a patch of relatively moderate dense smoke/aerosol was observed over the western Gulf of Mexico and parts of eastern/southern Mexico. NGUYEN 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