DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0136Z May 14, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/North Central and Northeastern U.S./Atlantic Ocean… Numerous large wildfires were scattered across portions of the southern half of Canada from northeastern British Columbia and the southern part of the Northwest Territories eastward over the southern tier of Canadian provinces to Manitoba. This resulted in a very large mass of light to thick density smoke which covered a majority of southern Canada and extended into the north-central U.S. and continued over the northeastern United States. The thickest density smoke could be seen in northeastern British Columbia around the larger fires and east into northern Alberta and the southern Northwest Territories. Moderate smoke also covers portions of the north-central U.S. and northeastern United States. United States Pacific Northwest... Fire activity was observed throughout the United States Pacific Northwest. Due to cloud cover only a few light density smoke plumes were seen in Oregon and Idaho, they were both moving east in direction. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Cuba/Jamaica/Central America/Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light and moderate density smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico,Central America,and the Yucatan Peninsula was observed extending from the Gulf of Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula through central-southern Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Central America and into the Pacific Ocean off the southern coastline of Mexico. The smoke also continues east from the Gulf through Florida and out into the Atlantic ocean. Areas of higher density smoke and aerosols were observed over southern Mexico, northern Central America and the Gulf of Mexico. Aerosols from a composite of volcanic emissions and industrial sources in Mexico, and gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche contributed to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke observed throughout these regions. 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