DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0250Z June 4, 2022
SMOKE: New Mexico.... The ongoing wildfires in southwestern New Mexico were emitting light to moderate density plumes (with dense smoke near the sources) that were moving to the northeast. South-Central and Southeastern U.S./Atlantic... An area of remnant light to moderate density smoke from the ongoing wildfires in New Mexico with contributions from recent seasonal burning was observed covering parts of New Mexico, Texas, eastward over far southern Louisiana, into the Gulf of Mexico, then northeastward over parts of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. This plume continued off the coast of North Carolina to the east for approximately 1900 miles over the Atlantic and contained an embedded large area of moderate density smoke. Alaska... Two wildfires over the southwestern part of the state were spreading light to moderate density plumes to the south and west. Canada... Two wildfire areas, one over the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories and a second over far northwestern Alberta, were spreading light to moderate density plumes to the north and east. A large wildfire in central Saskatchewan was spreading a thick density plume to the southeast. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas/Mexico/Pacific... A very large area of light density smoke from heavy seasonal fire activity mixed with aerosols from oil/gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was observed covering most of Mexico, southern Texas, the Bay of Campeche, and extending well offshore to the south and southwest of Mexico over the open Pacific. Moderate density smoke areas were detected along the southwestern and eastern coasts of Mexico. 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