DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300z May 6, 2022
SMOKE: Florida... A couple wildfires over the southern part of the state northwest of Miami were spreading light to moderate density plumes to the southeast. 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 that are spreading into western Texas. Another wildfire over the central part of the state was spreading a light to moderate density plume over the southern part of the state. Southeastern U.S./Atlantic... 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 agricultural burning was observed spreading east approximately 450 miles over the Atlantic Ocean off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts. This smoke continues westward covering parts of the Southeast across Gulf of Mexico coast into Texas where it merges into the "SMOKE/AEROSOL" section below. Great Plains... The Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon, and Cerro Pelado wildfires have ‘ spread a detached light density plume over parts of the Northern and Central Plains. 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