DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0101Z June 21, 2024
SMOKE: Central and Eastern United States/Alaska/Western Canada/Atlantic Ocean... A large area of light density smoke attributed to a combination of smoke from ongoing wildfires throughout Western Canada and Alaska, 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, beginning in Alaska and starting again through parts of Northwestern Territories and Yukon, southeast through western Canada, and into the United States, where in covered Central and Eastern U.S before ending in the Atlantic Ocean. 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. Cloud cover moved in over most of our areas of interest later this afternoon but moderate to thick smoke could be seen through the clouds from wildfires in Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta and Alaska. Molokai Hawaii... Later this evening a fire started in western Molokai Hawaii. The fire was releasing mostly light to possible moderate smoke that was observed moving West over the Pacific Ocean. New Mexico... The two large ongoing wildfires located in a South-Central New Mexico tribal reservation continue to be observed emitting a large plume of light density smoke that was seen dispersing into the north earlier today but became cloud cpovered later this evening. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Caribbean Sea/Central and Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light 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 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 550 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