DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0140Z June 14, 2023
SMOKE: Canada, United States and the Atlantic Ocean… Numerous large wildfires scattered across portions of 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 resulted in a very large area of moderate to high density smoke which covered a good part of southern and central Canada and extended off the east and southeast coast of Canada over the north Atlantic. A portion of this area of smoke also extended south into the Northern Plains of the United States. Thinner density smoke from these fires covered a sizable part of the Atlantic reaching as far east as Europe. Thinner density smoke also extended farther to the south over the central United States and eastern United States where it merged with smoke spreading to the north from the ongoing widespread seasonal fire activity occurring in Mexico and Central America. SMOKE/AEROSOL: South Central and Southeastern United States, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Northwest Central America and the Pacific Ocean South of Northwest Central America and Southern Mexico… An area of thin to moderate density smoke from the ongoing widespread seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America could be seen merging with smoke from the Canadian wildfires somewhere over the South Central and Southeastern United States and then extending southwest over the Gulf of Mexico, most of Mexico, Northwest Central America and the Pacific Ocean south of northwest Central America and southwest Mexico. Within this area of smoke, moderate density smoke was seen over the western Gulf of Mexico and coastal regions from southeast Mexico north to southern Texas. Some aerosols from industrial activities in Mexico and Central America may also be present in this region. Hanna 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