DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z June 8, 2022
SMOKE: New Mexico, South-Central, Southeastern U.S... An area of light to moderate density smoke from the ongoing wildfires in New Mexico was observed covering parts of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, eastward into Louisiana, through the Gulf states, northeast into South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and extending off the coast into the western Atlantic Ocean. Alaska... Numerous large fires over southwestern Alaska were producing an area of moderate to high density smoke. This smoke was extending west off the coast of southwest Alaska. South Central Canada to the Northern Plains…. A light to moderate density area of smoke was seen extending from the Northern Plains of the United States northwest through South Central Canada towards ongoing fire activity over central Saskatchewan. Within this, an area of moderate density smoke was seen over southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. Northern Saskatchewan, Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories…. An area of light density smoke, that is likely from the ongoing fire activity over Saskatchewan, was seen extending from northern Saskatchewan northwest through northern Alberta and into the Northwest Territories. 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 and other industrial sources in Mexico was observed covering most of Mexico, and extending to the east over the northwest Gulf Mexico, and to the west over the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. DUST: Eastern Caribbean…. An area of Saharan Dust was extending across the Tropical Atlantic Ocean towards the western Caribbean Sea. This area includes most of the eastern, central and western Caribbean Islands. 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