DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0010Z May 24, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/Greenland/Atlantic Ocean... Numerous wildfires located throughout portions of Canada from northeast British Columbia to the south-central part of the Northwest Territories and the central regions of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba continued to burn despite being concealed by persistent cloud cover. Due to the large amount of ongoing wildfires and recently developed ones throughout these areas, a large area of smoke ranging from light to localized moderate density in areas close in proximity to the larger wildfires – such as those in the Northwest Territories and northern Alberta, covered a majority of Canada, extending from the central part of the Northwest Territories, across the majority of Canada and regions near the North Pole, as well as crossing into the North Atlantic Ocean, extending to the southwest coast of Greenland. California/Nevada... Lite density smoke was observed emanating from the suspected wildfires in the east-central region of California. The smoke was observed drifting east into Nevada. Central United States... An area of light density smoke was seen throughout the Upper Midwest region of the United States where it combined with the area of Canadian smoke and further extended southwest into portions of the South Central United States, such as Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas where it began to mix with the second large area of Mexican/Central American smoke. Arizona/New Mexico... Lite to thick density smoke was observed emanating from the suspected wildfires in the North-central region of Arizona. The smoke was observed drifting east into New Mexico. Colorado... Lite to thick density smoke was observed emanating from the suspected wildfires in the Southeastern region of Colorado. The smoke was observed drifting east over the state. Florida... Areas of light smoke from agricultural burns was observed originating from the North and South of lake Okeechobee, blowing east towards the Gulf of Mexico Northwest Mexico/Sonora/Chihuahua/Sinaloa/Durango... Lite to thick density smoke was observed emanating from numerous fires clustered around the Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Durango. The accumulation of smoke plumes drifted east across Central Mexico and mixed into the regional smoke and aerosol pollution. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Central America/Cuba/Hispaniola/Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light to moderate smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Central America and northern South America was observed today over southern Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean off the southern coastline of Mexico, and east over the northern Caribbean Sea. Moderate smoke was visible over the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America. Aerosols from a composite of volcanic emissions and industrial sources in Mexico contributed to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke seen in these regions today. Cardona 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