DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0147Z June 13, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/North Central and Northwestern U.S./Atlantic Ocean… Numerous large wildfires were scattered across portions of roughly the southern half of Canada from northern British Columbia and the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories eastward over the southern tier of Canadian provinces to Quebec. This resulted in a very large mass of moderate to thick density smoke which covered a good part of southern Canada and extended into the northwestern and north central U.S. from Montana to the Northern and Central Plains region. The moderate to thick density smoke also spread offshore of the eastern U.S. and eastern Canada well out over the Atlantic. Significant cloud cover over the southeastern U.S. prevented detection of smoke in satellite imagery which still may be present in that region. SMOKE/AEROSOL: South Central U.S./Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Western Gulf of Mexico/Pacific Ocean Well South of Mexico and Northwest Central America… A sizable area of thin to moderate density smoke linked to the ongoing widespread seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America could be seen trough out the day over most of Mexico, northwestern Central America, the western Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific Ocean well south of Mexico and Central America. The northern portion of this smoke/aerosol likely merged with smoke from the Canadian wildfires somewhere over the South Central U.S. The thickest smoke was noted over southern and eastern Mexico, western Gulf of Mexico, western and northwestern Central America. Some aerosols from industrial activities in Mexico and Central America may also be present in this region. 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