Tuesday, April 4, 2023

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0013Z April 5, 2023

Smoke:
Central and Eastern United States, Atlantic Ocean...
Fire activity in the central and eastern U.S. was producing an area of
mostly light smoke (with some denser smoke close to the sources) that
was seen extending over the eastern U.S. to include the Atlantic Ocean
off the eastern U.S. coast.

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 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 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.


Blowing Dust:
Texas/New Mexico/Utah/Kansas/Nebraska...
Large swaths of mostly moderate to heavy blowing dust could be seen
originating from the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, southeastern New
Mexico, and Mexico south of New Mexico. The blowing dust was generally
moving northeast into western Texas, western Oklahoma, most of Kansas,
and southwestern Nebraska this evening. The thickest areas of blowing dust
was from around the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles all the way north to
Nebraska. This dust could be further east and north but a high pressure
system in the south and a low pressure system in the north precluded
further analysis this evening.

New Mexico...
Moderate blowing dust could be seen originating from the White Sands
National Park and the White Sands missile test range in south-central
New Mexico. This dust was moving northeast with the other conglomerated
dust 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

 


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.