DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0250Z May 31, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Eastern U.S... Wildfires continue to burn in north-central and southwestern New Mexico, producing light to moderate density smoke moving northeastward into western Kansas/Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. Remnant smoke from the New Mexico wildfires formed a large plume of light smoke that covered much of the central and eastern U.S. Smoke from seasonal fire activity in Mexico was likely contributing to the plume across parts of the south-central U.S. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific... A large plume of primarily light to moderate density smoke from ongoing seasonal burns mixed with aerosols from oil/gas flaring and other industrial sources was detected covering most of Mexico and extending offshore to the south and west of Mexico over the open Pacific. The smoke also extended over the western Gulf of Mexico. Moderate density smoke was observed over eastern Mexico and extending to the east covering much of the western Gulf of Mexico. Another patch of moderate density smoke was observed along the southwestern coastal region of Mexico. Konon 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