DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0210Z June 3, 2022
SMOKE: New Mexico.... The ongoing wildfires in New Mexico were emitting light to moderate density plumes that were moving to the east. Smoke from these fires as well as smoke from additional recent heavy agricultural burning was probably present across the south-central U.S., but cloud cover over the region precluded further analysis. Southeastern U.S./Atlantic... An area of remnant light density smoke from the ongoing wildfires in New Mexico with contributions from recent seasonal burning was observed covering the southeast U.S. and Mid-Atlantic. This plume continued off the coast of Mid-Atlantic for over 1000 mi into the Atlantic extending to the northeast of Bermuda. Some of the plume had smoke of moderate density over the Atlantic. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas/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 central and southern Mexico, southern Texas, the far western part of the Bay of Campeche, and extending well offshore south and southwest of Mexico over the open Pacific. DUST: Caribbean/Atlantic... An area of light Saharan dust was observed moving into the eastern Caribbean Sea. 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