DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z April 30, 2022
SMOKE: Southwestern U.S... The Hermits Peak and Cerro Pelado Fires in north central New Mexico were emitting massive thick smoke smoke plumes this morning which were moving east of southeast over the northern Texas and Oklahoma before becoming cloud covered. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Central U.S/Mid-Atlantic/Southeast U.S/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America... A large mass of light to moderate density smoke from seasonal fire activity mixed with aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was observed extending through the southwestern U.S up until eastern Colorado,central U.S through the Mid-West, the Mid-Atlantic along the southeastern U.S, southern/eastern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, western of the Gulf of Mexico along with the U.S Gulf States and the Pacific Ocean extending well south of the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. Fire activity from the U.S may also be contributing to the smoke/aerosol mix, especially from fire activity within the Central U.S and from the nearby Hermits Peak and Cerro Pelado Fires in the southwestern U.S ,though cloud cover however has made this reasoning and the full extent difficult to determine in this morning’s smoke analysis. Moderate density smoke/aerosol covered the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the western Bay of Campeche, portions of southern and eastern Mexico, and south of the coast of 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