DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 1, 2022
SMOKE: Southwestern U.S... The Hermits Peak and Cerro Pelado Fires in northern New Mexico were observed emitting large amounts of light to heavy density smoke. The light and moderate density smoke were seen moving north and northeast, extending towards southeastern Colorado. Moderate dense smoke was also observed extending through southern Oklahoma and Arkansas and into northern Mississippi although cloud cover precludes the full extent of the smoke from the west. The heavier density smoke was observed solely in the Hermits Peak fire for this morning’s analysis, with it being contained in north-central New Mexico. 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 a large area of moderate dense smoke from ongoing wildfires in Northern New Mexico mentioned in the prior. 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 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/Cuba/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 parts of southern/southeastern Texas, southern coast of Louisiana, southern/eastern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, the Gulf of Mexico with parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast States, most of western Cuba, 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, the Bay of Campeche,southern and eastern Mexico, and the southern coast of Mexico and parts of northwestern Central America extending southward over part of the Pacific. 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