DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0113Z June 8, 2022
SMOKE: New Mexico, South-Central, Southeastern U.S... The ongoing wildfires in southwestern New Mexico were emitting light to heavy density smoke plumes that were moving to the northeast. An area of light to moderate density smoke from the ongoing wildfires in New Mexico with contributions from seasonal burning was observed covering parts of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, eastward into Louisiana, through the Gulf states, northeast into South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. Moderate to dense smoke is likely prevalent in the southeastern U.S. but cloud cover precluded further smoke analysis in this region. Alaska... Numerous large fires over southern Alaska was producing an area of mostly light to moderate density smoke with pockets of heavy density smoke near the sources. This smoke was extending west off the coast of southwest Alaska over the Bering Sea. Quebec... In northern Quebec a large light to heavy density smoke plume attributed to a wildfire was observed through breaks in the clouds moving northwest within Quebec. Saskatchewan... In central Saskatchewan a large light to moderate density smoke plume attributed to a wildfire was observed through breaks in the clouds moving southeast within Saskatchewan. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean and the western Gulf of Mexico... A large area of light density smoke from seasonal fire activity along western, eastern and southern Mexico mixed with aerosols from gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche and other industrial sources in Mexico was observed covering most of Mexico, and extending to the east over the Gulf Mexico, and to the west over the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. DUST: Eastern Caribbean…. An area of moderate Saharan Dust was extending across the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and was observed south and north of Hispaniola and moving west, south of Cuba into the Caribbean Sea. 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