Thursday, June 8, 2023

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0140Z June 9, 2023

SMOKE:
Canada, Central and Eastern United States and the northwestern Atlantic
Ocean…
Multiple large wildfires across western and central Canada continued
to produce large amounts of moderate to high density smoke in a plume
stretching from northeastern British Columbia east through central
Alberta, central Saskatchewan to central Manitoba. This area of smoke
extended east and northeast through northeastern Canada and into the north
Atlantic Ocean where an area of moderate density smoke was seen over the
north Atlantic Ocean.  Additional fires in Quebec and Ontario were adding
moderate to high density smoke that was extending southwest and southward
through much of Ontario, the Upper Midwest and much of the Eastern United
States extending as far south as northern Alabama and northern Georgia.
Within this area, an area of high density smoke was seen along and east
of the I95 corridor from Raleigh and Richmond northeast to Boston and
extended from there further northeast to offshore southeastern Canada.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Florida, Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Sea, Mexico, Northwestern
Central America and the Pacific Ocean south of southwest Mexico…
A large area of mostly low density smoke, from ongoing fire activity over
Mexico and Central America, mixed with aerosols from industrial activity
over Mexico and Central America, was seen extending from southern Florida
west and southwest through the Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Sea,
much of Mexico, northwest Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and
southwest of northwest Central America and southwest Mexico.  Within this
area, an area of moderate density smoke was seen over coastal eastern
and southeastern Mexico and just offshore in the southwest Gulf of Mexico.

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.