DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330z May 7, 2022
SMOKE: New Mexico/Texas... The Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon, and Cerro Pelado wildfires in northern New Mexico continued to emit plumes of light to heavy density smoke that were moving east-southeastward. Moderate density smoke from the wildfires was observed over northern and central Texas progressing eastward through the state. Another wildfire over the central part of New Mexico was spreading a narrow light to heavy density plume to the east-southeast. Midwest/Southeastern U.S./Mid-Atlantic... An area of remnant light density smoke from the Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon, and Cerro Pelado wildfires in northern New Mexico with contributions from recent agricultural burning was observed spreading eastward over the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast from Virginia to Florida. This smoke continues westward covering parts of the Southeast across Gulf of Mexico coast into Texas where it merges into the "SMOKE/AEROSOL" section below. Upper Mississippi Valley/Manitoba... The Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon, and Cerro Pelado wildfires have spread a detached light density plume over northeast corner of North Dakota, most of Minnesota, western Wisconsin, and southern Manitoba. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Cuba/Pacific... A large mass of light to moderate density smoke from seasonal fire activity mixed with aerosols from oil/gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was detected covering eastern and southern Mexico, southern Texas, most of Central America, the Bay of Campeche, the Gulf of Mexico, parts of Cuba, and extending well offshore south of Mexico and Central America into the Pacific. Moderate density smoke covered the western Gulf of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, southern Texas, and most of eastern and southern Mexico. Konon 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