DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z June 5, 2023
SMOKE: Canada, Central United States and Eastern United States…. Wildfire activity in west-central Canada and over southern Quebec, continues to produce a large area of smoke that extends over most of Canada, the Central and Eastern United States and extending into the north Atlantic Ocean. Within this large area of smoke, moderate to high density smoke extends over much of northern Canada, south through eastern and southeastern Canada to portions of the Upper Midwest and northern portions of the Northeastern United States. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southern United States, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean south of southwest Mexico and Central America… The persistent and large area of light density smoke from ongoing fires in Mexico and northwestern Central America was seen over much the Gulf coastal United States, the Gulf of Mexico, the northwest Caribbean Sea, much of Mexico, northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of southwest Mexico and northwestern Central America. 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