DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0102Z May 11, 2022
SMOKE: New Mexico... All four main wildfires burning in central New Mexico (Bear Trap,Cerro Pelado, Hermits Peak, and Calf Canyon) were actively burning throughout the day. Mostly Dense smoke from these fires could be seen moving northeast extending near where Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas meet. Central and Eastern U.S... An area of remnant light to moderate density smoke from the Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon, and Cerro Pelado wildfires in New Mexico with contributions from recent burning activity and blowing dust was observed over southern Ontario in the north, then continues southwest covering most of Texas, then east covering most of the eastern U.S., A large are of moderate density smoke extends from northern Texas northeast all the way to Minnesota and Michigan. This smoke continues south mixing with "SMOKE/AEROSOL" section. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific... A large mass of light to moderate density smoke from heavy 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, most of 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 and and south of the coast of Mexico and northwestern Central America extending southward over part of the Pacific. BLOWING DUST: Northwestern New Mexico/Western Colorado... An area of generally light density blowing dust was observed moving northeast from northwest New Mexico into southwestern Colorado. 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