DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z June 2, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/Eastern CONUS/North Atlantic… Wildfire activity in western and central Canada continues to produce moderate to thick smoke that blankets an area covering much of Canada, the eastern half of the CONUS, and portions of the North Atlantic. The thickest smoke resides closer to the wildfires in western Canada (British Columbia and Alberta), extending northeast across the Northwestern Territories. Moderate density smoke was seen over in central and northern Canada, then extending east/southeast across Canada, the Great Lakes, and northeastern CONUS. In far southern Nova Scotia, a wildfire was seen producing very thick smoke that extended southeastward out over the Atlantic as well. The moderate smoke over eastern and northeastern CONUS was mainly produced from the large wildfires in western and central Canada but there likely small contributions from the wildfire in the New Jersey mention in the next section and the wildfire in Nova Scotia. Mid-Atlantic… A wildfire in the New Jersey Pine Barrens was observed producing light to moderate smoke for this evening. The smoke from this fire was observed extending through Maryland and into northeastern Virginia. Moderate density smoke from the wildfire was observed over Delaware and central Maryland. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southern U.S/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean Extending well South of the Southern Coast of Mexico and Central America… The persistent and large area of thin to moderate density smoke, linked mainly to the ongoing widespread seasonal burning along with wildfires in Mexico and northwestern Central America was detected over southern and eastern Mexico, northern Central America, the Bay of Campeche, the far western Gulf of Mexico, and into southern Texas. Moderate smoke was observed over southern and eastern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, parts of northwestern Central America, and the western Gulf of Mexico along the eastern coast of Mexico. NGUYEN 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