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