DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0105Z May 2, 2022
SMOKE: Southwestern U.S... The Hermits Peak and Cerro Pelado Fires in northern New Mexico remained very active during the afternoon hours emitting large amounts of moderate-to-heavy density smoke. The light and moderate density smoke were seen moving northeast, extending towards southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas. A patch of moderate density smoke from last night’s wildfire activity was also observed traveling eastward across southeastern Kansas and southern Missouri. Central U.S... Agricultural burning was observed in large numbers across central-eastern Oklahoma and Kansas, in addition to central-southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. Light density smoke covered much of the area dispersing to the east. A patch of moderate smoke from previous day burning activity extended eastward across northern Mississippi and Alabama. Texas/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America... A large mass of predominantly stagnant light smoke from seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America was observed covering southeastern Texas, the central and western Gulf of Mexico including the Bay of Campeche to the south, in addition to central-southern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, and northern Central America. The smoke extended further westward for approximately 1,000 miles over the Pacific ocean off the coast of southern Mexico and Central America. An area of moderate smoke concentration dominated central Mexico where several large wildfires could be seen burning. Scattered fire activity with associated moderate smoke release was see along northwestern Mexico with smoke plumes dispersing toward the northeast in the direction of western Texas. WS 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