DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z May 26, 2022
SMOKE: New Mexico/Texas/Mexico... Ongoing wildfires over the southwestern part of New Mexico were emitting moderate to heavy density smoke moving southeast. Light and moderate density smoke from the wildfires were observed progressing southeast into western Texas and Mexico whereas heavy density smoke plumes were still relatively contained in the New Mexico. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Pacific... A large mass of light density smoke from heavy seasonal fire activity mixed with aerosols from oil/gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was observed covering most of central and southern Mexico, far southern Texas, western Gulf of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, northwestern part of Central America, and extending several miles south of Mexico into the Pacific ocean along the coast of Mexico. Moderate density smoke was observed over parts of eastern Mexico, parts of the Bay of Campeche, and parts of the western Gulf of Mexico. Nguyen 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