DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 10, 2022
SMOKE: New Mexico/Central and Eastern United States... The major wildfires burning in northern New Mexico were observed producing dense smoke extending northeastward to near the Texas/Oklahoma/Colorado borders. Moderate smoke extended into Kansas. Light smoke and remnant smoke extended as far as Ontario, including much of the Great Lakes region, with additional light to moderate density remnant smoke observed moving generally southward from the eastern Great Lakes as far as northern Florida. Canadian Maritime Provinces… A fire in western Nova Scotia was producing a plume of smoke extending westward to near the southern Maine coastline. An additional fire in southwestern New Brunswick was producing a plume of smoke extending westward into east-central Maine. North Carolina… A few fires presumed to be agricultural in nature were observed in eastern North Carolina producing plumes of light smoke moving southward. Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific Ocean... A large area of smoke and aerosols presumably related to seasonal burning and industrial activity was observed covering much of Mexico, as well as adjacent coastal regions of the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, including the whole of the Bay of Campeche. MTC 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