DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z May 27, 2022
SMOKE: Southwestern U.S... The Lost Lake Fire near the Colorado River along the California-Arizona border was responsible for a plume of varying density smoke which extended to the north and northeast across western and northwestern Arizona and southern Utah. A detached patch of embedded moderate to thick density smoke was visible moving to the north over western and northwestern Arizona. Central, South Central, and Southeastern U.S… A large mass of smoke attributed to a few wildfires burning in New Mexico was visible this morning stretching from New Mexico to the east and northeast over a good portion of the central U.S. The smoke also extended to the east and southeast across most of Texas and the Gulf Coast states before curving to the northeast to the central Appalachian region. Cloudiness over portions of the Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley regions and the Mid-Atlantic region prevented detection in satellite imagery of any smoke which might be present in those regions. In addition, smoke from the seasonal fire activity and a few wildfires burning in Mexico might be present as well especially across the southern part of the larger smoke area. The thickest smoke was noted closer to the Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak fires in north central New Mexico and near the Bear Trap, Water, and Black fires in southwestern New Mexico. Areas of moderately dense to thick smoke from the New Mexico wildfires were also visible spread over eastern and southeastern New Mexico, western, southwestern, and northwestern Texas, and southwestern Oklahoma. Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast U.S. Coast… A long and relatively narrow band of thin density smoke was seen this morning stretching from off the Carolina coast and extending to the east and southeast across the Atlantic passing south and southeast of Bermuda. This very thin density smoke was pooled along a frontal boundary and is likely primarily from the ongoing wildfires burning in New Mexico though some contribution from the seasonal burning and a few wildfires in Mexico is also possible. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas/U.S. Gulf Coast Region/Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Pacific Ocean off the Southern Coast of Mexico... A large mass of light to moderate density smoke from significant seasonal fire activity and a few wildfires mixed with aerosols from oil/gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was observed covering most of Mexico and extending well offshore to the south of Mexico over the Pacific. The smoke also extended over most of the Gulf of Mexico and up across Texas and portions of the U.S. Gulf Coast region where it likely mixed with smoke from the New Mexico wildfires. A few smaller patches of embedded thicker smoke were seen primarily over western and southern Mexico. JS 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