DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z June 22, 2024
SMOKE: Alaska/Northeastern United States/Atlantic Ocean... A large area of light density smoke attributed to a combination of smoke from new and ongoing wildfires throughout western and eastern Canada, fires in Alaska, seasonal fire activity throughout the Central U.S. and Atlantic Seaboard, and the continued combination of smoke and aerosols emanating from the Gulf of Mexico continue to be observed today. Although cloud cover in these areas impacts detailed analysis, it can be presumed that various individual events throughout these regions such as numerous wildfires and seasonal agricultural burning are contributing to the vast combined area of smoke covering these regions. Smoke was observed covering the majority of the eastern U.S. and Canada. Moderate to thick smoke was observed coming from multiple wildfires in southeastern Quebec this evening, moving to the southeast. Alaska/Yukon/British Columbia... Several wildfires located in central and eastern Alaska were observed emitting plumes of moderate to heavy smoke. Numerous wildfires were creating an area of light to moderate smoke over most of central and eastern Alaska, the Yukon and Northwest Territories, northern British Columbia and Alberta. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Caribbean Sea/Central and Southern Mexico/Central America/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 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 now covering the far eastern Caribbean Sea. Mills 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