DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 1, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/Eastern CONUS/North Atlantic… Wildfire activity in western and central Canada continues to produce thick smoke that blankets an area covering much of Canada, the eastern half of the CONUS, and portions of the North Atlantic. The thickest smoke resides over central and northern Canada extending east southeast across Canada, the Great Lakes, and northeastern CONUS. Another area of thick smoke was observed over the southwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence, PEI, and northeastern Nova Scotia moving southeast out over the Atlantic. In far southern Nova Scotia, a wildfire continues to produce moderate to thick density smoke that extends eastward out over the Atlantic as well. Smoke is also thicker over the central CONUS, where smoke is moving northward east of a cyclone centered over the Central Plains. Remnant smoke was also observed over Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico moving south-southeastward to the west of a possibly tropical disturbance in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Mid-Atlantic… A wildfire in the New Jersey Pine Barrens was observed producing moderate to thick smoke this morning and early afternoon. The smoke from this fire was observed reaching Virginia with some uncertainty over the DelMarVa and southern Maryland due to a broken cloud cover over that area. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southern U.S/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean Extending well South of the Southern Coast of Mexico and Central America… The persistent and large area of thin to moderate density smoke, linked mainly to the ongoing widespread seasonal burning along with wildfires in Mexico and northwestern Central America was detected over southern and eastern Mexico, northern Central America, the Bay of Campeche, the far western Gulf of Mexico, and into southern Texas. The thickest smoke was observed from over northern Honduras across the Mosquito Coast, northern Guatemala, Belize, southern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, and the coastal plain of Eastern Mexico. Hosley 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