DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1510Z June 1, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Eastern U.S./Canada/Gulf of Mexico... The fires over New Mexico continue to burn with with mostly light density smoke stretching northeast over the Southern Plains and extending as far as southern Ontario. The light density smoke also extended well offshore into portions of the North Atlantic Ocean. Smoke from the ongoing seasonal fire activity and a few wildfires occurring in Mexico was likely mixing in with some of the smoke over Texas and the southeastern U.S. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas/Gulf Coast/Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific... The large area 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 continued to cover most of Mexico and extended well offshore over the Tropical Pacific Ocean. An area of moderate density smoke was seen along the west and southwest Mexican coastline. Hanna 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