DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 4, 2022
SMOKE: Southwest U.S... The Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon, and Cerro Pelado wildfires in northern New Mexico continued to emit light to moderate smoke spreading to the east-northeast into the cloud cover in this morning’s analysis. Central U.S/Southeast U.S./Mid-Atlantic/Atlantic... Recent heavy agricultural burning and wildfire activity throughout the south-central and southeastern U.S. along with the Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon, and Cerro Pelado wildfires combined to blanket the area with remnant light density smoke along with with some potential of moderate smoke in previous smoke analysis. However cloud cover has precluded this morning’s smoke analysis, and thus made it difficult to distinguish and uncover the full extent of the smoke underneath the clouds, with the smoke potentially being further north into the northern Plains and Mid-West. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas/Mid-Atlantic/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific... 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 much of eastern and southern Mexico, southern Texas, parts of Central America, the Bay of Campeche, the Gulf of Mexico along with parts of the U.S Gulf States, and extending well south of Mexico and northwest of Central America into the Pacific. Moderate density smoke/aerosol covered the western Gulf of Mexico, most of the Bay of Campeche, and southern/central Mexico along with the eastern 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