DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0118Z June 4, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/North Central/Eastern United States/Atlantic Ocean... Numerous wildfires located throughout Canada from northeast British Columbia, to the Northwest Territories-Alberta border and the central regions of Saskatchewan continue to burn today. Due to the large presence of ongoing and developing wildfires throughout these regions a large area of smoke ranging from light to moderate density continue to cover a majority of Canada; extending from the western Yukon, through the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, across northeast British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba northern Ontario and western Quebec. This area of smoke also extended south across the U.S border into North Dakota, the Great Lakes Region and continued into the eastern United States before dispersing off the coast into the Atlantic Ocean. Higher density smoke continues to be seen in areas close to the larger wildfires, such as those located in northeast British Columbia and the Northwest Territories-Alberta border, however, the large presence of cloud cover throughout these region this evening is likely concealing thicker smoke. Quebec/Ontario... Three possible wildfires in central, eastern and western Quebec along the border of eastern Ontario was releasing moderate to heavy smoke that was observed spreading around the fires in central and eastern Quebec. The fire along the Ontario border was releasing moderate to dense smoke that moved north and was enveloped by cloud cover as evening approached. New Mexico... The Indos Wildfire located in Santa Fe National Forest, in north-central New Mexico continues to burn today. It was seen emitting a light density smoke plume that was observed moving generally east in direction. A new fire in southeastern New Mexico was releasing light density smoke that was observed moving generally east remaining within the respective state. Arizona... A newly developed wildfire, named the Spring Fire, located northeast of Phoenix, AZ was seen emitting a plume of light density smoke that was dispersing north in direction. This wildfire began Saturday June 1, and as of today, it is estimated to have grown to approximately 4,000 acres and to be contained at about 30% as of this afternoon. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Caribbean Sea/Central-Southern Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light to moderate density smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America was observed today from the Gulf of Mexico, through the western portion of the Caribbean Sea, Central-Southern Mexico, Central America and into the Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastline of Mexico. Areas of higher density smoke and aerosols were observed over northern Central America, Central-Southern Mexico and the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico. Aerosols from a composite of volcanic emissions and industrial sources in Mexico, and gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche contributed to the expansive area of aerosol and smoke observed throughout these regions today. 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