DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1725Z June 19, 2024
SMOKE: Central and Eastern United States... A large area of light density smoke attributed to a combination of smoke from ongoing wildfires throughout Eastern Canada, seasonal fire activity throughout the Central and Atlantic Seaboard regions of the U.S. and the continued combination of smoke and aerosols emanating from the Gulf of Mexico continue to be observed today. Various individual events throughout these regions such as large wildfires and seasonal agricultural burning are contributing elements to the vast combined area of smoke that can be seen covering these regions. As the morning progressed the two large bands of smoke running through the Central and Eastern regions of the United States began separate and disperse in opposite directions, with the band located in the Central U.S. moving west and the band located in the Eastern U.S. moving east. Quebec/Newfoundland and Labrador/Labrador Sea... An area of remnant smoke attributed to several ongoing wildfires located throughout Central and Southern Canada was also observed this morning despite some cloud cover over the region. This area of remnant smoke appeared to be light density, covering areas of northern Quebec and the majority of Newfoundland and Labrador. The smoke which has combined with areas from the Northeastern U.S. was observed moving east-southeast into the Labrador Sea just south of Greenland. Northern California... A large plume of moderate to heavy localized density smoke attributed to a wildfire located northwest of Sacramento was observed this morning moving northwest in direction. Although the smoke plume was seen extending past the coastline into the Pacific Ocean, most of the smoke remained relatively stagnant close to the source. New Mexico... The two large ongoing wildfires located in a South-Central New Mexico tribal reservation continue to be observed emitting large plumes of moderate density smoke that were seen dispersing northeast in direction. As of late morning, these plumes were seen extending as far as Central Colorado and Western Kansas, however, a significant amount of cloud cover throughout the Central United States today prevents a more detailed analysis on the extent of which these plumes extend. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Caribbean Sea/Central and Southern Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light to moderate density smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout Central and Southern Mexico and Central America was observed this morning from the Gulf of Mexico, Central and Southern Mexico and into the Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastline of Mexico. Heavy cloud cover over Central America, the Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico due to Tropical Storm Alberto prevented a more detailed analysis of the smoke and aerosols throughout these regions. Saharan dust: A considerable amount of Saharan dust was observed this morning over the Eastern and Central regions of the Atlantic Ocean. The moderate edge of Saharan Dust is now encroaching on the Lesser Antilles. Willkens 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