DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0123Z May 1, 2022
SMOKE: Southwestern U.S... The Hermits Peak and Cerro Pelado Fires in northern New Mexico were emitting large amounts of moderate to thick smoke throughout the day which were moving southeast and then northeast with heavier smoke over the northern Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas before becoming cloud covered. South-central, Eastern U.S... Agricultural burning and wildfire activity was observed throughout the south-central and southeastern United States. These fires combined with remnant smoke blanketing the area with light density smoke that included large areas of moderate to heavy density smoke from ongoing wildfires in Northern New Mexico. The smoke stretches from Colorado in the west, continuing south through Texas and east through the eastern U.S. and over the Atlantic starting in New Jersey down to Florida. Cloud clover over the northern and U.S. precluded further smoke analysis in this area. This smoke continues south combining with the smoke in the "SMOKE/AEROSOL" section. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas, Louisiana, /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 covering a parts of southern and eastern Texas, southern Louisiana, southern/eastern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, most of the Gulf of Mexico parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast States, and the Pacific Ocean extending well south of the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. Moderate density smoke/aerosol covered the western Gulf of Mexico, most of the Bay of Campeche, portions of southern and eastern Mexico, and south of the coast of Mexico and northwestern Central America extending southward over part of the Pacific. 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