DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0101Z June 20, 2024
SMOKE: Central and Eastern United States/Southern Canada/Atlantic Ocean. ... 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. An area of smoke was running through the Central and Eastern regions of the United States reaching southern Ontario, southern Quebec and reaching out over the Atlantic coastline. One wildfire in central Quebec could be seen through cloud cover emitting at least moderate density smoke this evening. Northern California... A large plume of light to moderate localized density smoke attributed to a wildfire located northwest of Sacramento was observed burning throughout the day with the smoke moving in all directions covering a good potion of northern California. 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 before running into cloud cover. Arizona... A wildfire located in eastern Arizona was observed producing light to moderate density smoke that was moving northeast in direction ending in northwestern New Mexico this evening. Alaska... Numerous wildfires and possible controlled burns were seen throughout Alaska emitting light to moderate density smoke that was moving north and continued east and west in direction creating an area of mostly light smoke through central Alaska and into northwest Yukon. British Columbia/Alberta... Numerous wildfires and possible controlled burns were seen throughout Alberta and northern British Columbia emitting light density smoke that was creating an area of mostly light smoke around the northern Alberta and northern British Columbia but cloud cover in the area is probably concealing additional fires and smoke. 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 today 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 today over the Eastern and Central regions of the Atlantic Ocean. The moderate edge of Saharan Dust is approximately 1,000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. 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