DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z June 2, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Eastern U.S./Canada/Gulf of Mexico... Wildfire activity across New Mexico was observed producing thick smoke this afternoon and evening. The smoke plume extended mainly east-northeastward across New Mexico, the north Texas Panhandle, and Oklahoma. Remnant smoke from this activity was observed reaching much further out than this, extending across the northern Plains, eastern CONUS, and the north Atlantic. The remnant smoke was mainly moving east-northeast until reaching New York, where the smoke takes a dive southeastward across southern New England and into the Atlantic on the eastern periphery of high pressure aloft. From there, the smoke stream bifurcates, with some smoke then traveling south then southwest and then west across the Carolinas and Georgia and possibly extending further into the southeast...and the other fork continuing southeast, then east, then northeast around the southern periphery of a low pressure system centered just east of Cape Race and the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. In addition to the remnant smoke over the Mid-Atlantic, smaller contributions were seen from presumably agricultural fires across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast CONUS. BLOWING DUST: West Texas/New Mexico/far northern Mexico… Outflow from thunderstorms across the West Texas Panhandle to the NM/TX border was kicking up dust as the outflow traveled westward across the West Texas Panhandle, southeastern New Mexico, and north-central Chihuahua. It is possible that some of the remnant smoke from the wildfire activity in New Mexico may have become entrained in the parent downdrafts of the aforementioned outflow. Eastern Arizona into Western New Mexico… Moderate density dust was observed being lofted from Garfield Gulch in Eastern Arizona on the southern edge of the Mogollon Rim and transported east-northeast across the state border with New Mexico and over the western portions of Gila National Forest. Southeastern Alberta/Southwestern Saskatchewan… Light density dust was observed getting lofted from Sounding Lake in southeastern Alberta and getting transported southeastward into southwestern Saskatchewan. Hosley From Earlier… 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