DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z May 28, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Southeastern U.S./Mid-Atlantic Region/Gulf of Mexico… The Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak fires in north central New Mexico and the Bear Trap, Water, and Black fires in southwestern New Mexico continue to burn with significant smoke being produced especially by the Water and Black fires in the Gila National Forest. Moderately dense to thick smoke was visible near and to the east of the Water and Black fires with a detached batch of moderate to thick density smoke present farther to the east over eastern New Mexico, western and central Oklahoma, and portions of western, northwestern, and central Texas. In addition, thinner density smoke primarily from the New Mexico wildfires was seen over the Central U.S. extending northward over Minnesota. Some smoke contribution from smaller seasonal/agricultural type fire activity may also be occurring over the north central U.S. The thinner density smoke also was visible over parts of the Gulf of Mexico, the southeastern U.S., and along the Mid-Atlantic coast. Smoke from the ongoing seasonal fire activity and a few wildfires occurring in Mexico is likely mixing in with some of the smoke over Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the southeastern U.S. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas/U.S. Gulf Coast Region/Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Pacific Ocean off the Southern Coast of Mexico... The large mass of light to moderate density smoke from significant seasonal fire activity and a few wildfires mixed with aerosols from oil/gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico continued to be seen this morning covering most of Mexico and extending well offshore to the south and west of Mexico over the Pacific. The smoke also extended over most of the Gulf of Mexico and up across Texas and portions of the U.S. Gulf Coast region where it likely mixed with smoke from the New Mexico wildfires. A few smaller patches of embedded thicker smoke were seen primarily over western Mexico. JS 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