DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z June 4, 2022
SMOKE: South-Central United States, Southeastern United States and North Atlantic Ocean... 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 New Mexico eastward through the South Central and Southeastern United States and then extending northeastward off the Southeastern United States coast into the north central Atlantic Ocean. Canada and North Central United States... Fires over central Saskatchewan were producing a moderate to localized high density smoke plume that was extending southeast into southern Manitoba, southwestern Ontario and into the North Central United States. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico, Gulf of Mexico and Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean... A large area of light density smoke from seasonal fire activity mixed with aerosols from oil/gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico was observed covering most then northern and western Gulf of Mexico, Mexico and extending well offshore to the south and southwest of Mexico over the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. 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