DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0112Z June 7, 2022
SMOKE: New Mexico, South-Central, Southeastern U.S... The ongoing wildfires in southwestern New Mexico were emitting light to heavy density smoke plumes that were moving to the southeast into Texas. An area of 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, Oklahoma, eastward into Louisiana and Arkansas, through the Gulf states and northeast into South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. Quebec... In northern Quebec a large light to heavy density smoke plume attributed to a wildfire was observed moving west within Quebec. Saskatchewan... In central Saskatchewan a large light to moderate density smoke plume attributed to a wildfire was observed moving northwest within Saskatchewan. Alaska... Fire activity over southwest Alaska was producing a light to moderate density smoke plume that was extending west off the coastal areas of southwest Alaska. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean and the western Gulf of Mexico... A large area of light density smoke from seasonal fire activity along western, eastern and southern Mexico mixed with aerosols from gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche and other industrial sources in Mexico was observed covering most of Mexico, and extending to the east over the Gulf Mexico, and to the west over the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. DUST: Eastern Caribbean…. An area of moderate Saharan Dust was extending across the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and beginning to move into the eastern Caribbean and was south of Puerto Rico. 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