DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0224Z June 4, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/Eastern CONUS/North Atlantic... Wildfire activity in west-central Canada, now along with some activity in the southern half of Quebec, continues to produce moderate to 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 closer to the wildfires in central and north-central Canada, extending northeast across the Northwestern Territories and Nunavut. Further thick smoke was seen from numerous fires in the southern/western parts of Quebec enveloping southwestern Quebec continuing into eastern Ontario,also over parts of the Maritime Provinces. Moderate density smoke was seen over in central and northern Canada, then extending east/southeast across Canada, the Great Lakes, Great Plains, over the central/eastern U.S and the Atlantic Ocean off the coast eastern U.S and southeastern Canada. Some of the smoke from the fires in Mexico and Central America is mixing in with the smoke from the Canadian wildfires somewhere over the south central and southeastern U.S., and the northern Gulf of Mexico. Southwestern U.S/Arizona/New Mexico... Scattered wildfire activity from the Sierra Nevada into the Mogollon Rim region were observed producing light to moderate density smoke plumes. Smoke in all areas was moving east-south eastward withing Arizona and New Mexico as the fires became cloud covered. 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. Moderate smoke was observed over most of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, parts of northwestern Central America, and most of the Gulf of Mexico. This smoke also extended northward towards the south central and southeastern U.S. where it is likely mixing with the smoke from the Canadian wildfires. 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