Thursday, May 5, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1711Z 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 Southeast over northwest Texas and then into cloud cover. Another
wildfire over the central part of the state was spreading a light to
moderate density plume spreading to the Southeast.

South-Central and Southeastern U.S., Atlantic Ocean...
An area of remnant light-density smoke from the Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon,
and Cerro Pelado wildfires in northern New Mexico with contributions from
recent burning activity was observed spreading east approximately 450
miles over the Atlantic ocean from the southern North Carolina coast. This
smoke continues south covering parts of the Carolinas through the gulf
states into Texas where it spreads into the "SMOKE/AEROSOL" section below.

More smoke from the Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon, and Cerro Pelado wildfires
in northern New Mexico with contributions from recent burning activity
is probably prevalent over parts of the central and eastern U.S. but
heavy cloud cover over these areas precluded further smoke analysis
this morning.

Upper Mississippi Valley...
The Hermits Peak, Calf  Canyon, and Cerro Pelado wildfires have spread
a detached light density plume across the boarder region of the Dakotas
and and east into central Minnesota. Some of the smoke was also due to
recent 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.

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.