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