Saturday, June 17, 2023

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0119Z June 18, 2023

SMOKE:
Canada/United States/Atlantic Ocean…
Numerous large wildfires scattered across portions of the southern half
of Canada generally from northern British Columbia and the southwestern
part of the Northwest Territories eastward over the southern tier of
Canadian provinces to Quebec continued to result in a very large area
of moderate to thick density smoke which covered parts of southern and
central Canada. The southern part of the moderate to thick area of smoke
also extended to the south into eastern Montana and the western Dakotas,
and over the region from the Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley regions
eastward to the Eastern U.S. Thinner density smoke from these fires
covered a sizable part of the Atlantic reaching as far east as Europe
though an embedded area of moderate to thick density smoke was also
seen over the northern Atlantic from the east from the tip Greenland
to Iceland.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
South Central/Eastern United States/Western Gulf of
Mexico/Mexico/Northwest Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Northwest
Central America and Southern Mexico…
An area of thin to moderate density smoke from the ongoing widespread
seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America continues to be
seen over most of Mexico, northwestern Central America, most of the Gulf
of Mexico, the Pacific Ocean south of northwest Central America, and
South Central/Eastern United States. Within this larger area of thinner
density smoke were areas of moderate density smoke primarily over various
portions of Mexico, eastern Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Also,
it is likely that Some aerosols from industrial activities in Mexico and
Central America may also be present with the smoke over this large region.

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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.