DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0120Z May 30, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Southeastern U.S./Northern Gulf of Mexico… Wildfires continue to burn in north-central and southwestern New Mexico, in particular the Black fire which could be seen releasing moderate-to-heavy smoke across central New Mexico. Light smoke from those wildfires was dispersing toward the northeast into western-central Oklahoma and Kansas, and Texas. Remnant smoke from the New Mexico wildfires, along with smaller plumes from prescribed fires across the southeast, combined to form a large plume of light smoke that covered much of the central U.S. and extended eastward over Georgia and the Atlantic waters off the coast of the Carolinas and southward over the northern Gulf of Mexico. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific Ocean... A large plume of primarily light to moderate density smoke resulting from widespread seasonal fire activity and a few wildfires in Mexico continued to be seen this afternoon covering most of Mexico and extending offshore to the south and west of Mexico over the Pacific. The smoke also extended over the western Gulf of Mexico where it mixed with smoke from the New Mexico wildfires. A few smaller patches of embedded thicker smoke associated with a few of the more significant fires were seen mainly over western Mexico. Moderate smoke was also seen originating from gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche. WS 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