DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z May 5, 2022
SMOKE: New Mexico... The Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon, and Cerro Pelado wildfires in northern New Mexico continued to emit plumes of light to heavy density smoke spreading to the east-northeast into cloud cover. Another wildfire over the central part of the state was spreading a light to moderate density plume that covers much of central and eastern part of the state. Lower Mississippi Valley/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 a light density smoke area. Upper Mississippi Valley... The Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon, and Cerro Pelado wildfires have spread a detached light density plume across Wisconsin and parts of Iowa and Minnesota. Some of the smoke was also due to agricultural burning in the region. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas/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/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, and extending well offshore south of Mexico and Central America into the Pacific. Moderate density smoke covered the western Gulf of Mexico, most of the Bay of Campeche, and a large part of central and southeastern Mexico. Konon 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