Thursday, June 2, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1643Z June 2, 2022

SMOKE:
New Mexico....
The ongoing wildfires in southwest New Mexico were emitting light to
moderate density smoke that was moving east across the state before it
runs into cloud cover. Smoke from these fires as well as smoke from
additional recent heavy burning activity is probably present across
the south central U.S. but heavy cloud cover over the area precluded
further analysis.

Southeastern U.S., Atlantic Ocean...
An area of remnant light-density smoke with a pocket of moderate density
smoke from the ongoing wildfires in New Mexico with contributions from
recent burning activity was observed over eastern Louisiana through the
gulf states and to the northeast reaching just north of Virginia and
continuing off the coast from Virginia south of east where a patch of
moderate density smoke could be seen.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Texas/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific...
A large mass of light to moderate density smoke from heavy seasonal fire
activity mixed with aerosols from oil/gas flaring and other industrial
sources in Mexico was observed covering much of eastern and southern
Mexico, southern Texas, far western Bay of Campeche, far western and
northern Gulf of Mexico, and extending well offshore south of Mexico
and Central America into the Pacific.

DUST:
Caribbean/Atlantic...
An area of light Saharan dust was observed encroaching on the eastern
Caribbean Sea.

Eglin


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.