DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 12, 2022
SMOKE: Alaska... Numerous large fires over southern Alaska were continues to producing moderate to heavy density smoke. The smoke was originally seen both extending west off the coast of southwest Alaska over the Bering Sea and south over the Pacific Ocean while progressing eastward. U.S Northern Plains, Saskatchewan, Manitoba... A large area remnant density smoke, most likely from wildfires in central Saskatchewan was observed from southern Saskatchewan extending through Manitoba and into Minnesota. The smoke may extend further east into central Manitoba and south in the U.S Mid-West but cloud cover cover both these regions, preventing further smoke analysis. South-Central, Southwestern U.S... An area of light density smoke from the ongoing fires in New Mexico along with contributions from seasonal burning was observed covering parts of southeast California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nebraska, Colorado and Arizona, eastward through the Southern Plains and Gulf States, extending northeast through South & North Carolina/ SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean and the northeastern Gulf of Mexico... A large area of mostly 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 towards the northeastern part of the Gulf Mexico, and to the west over the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. DUST: Eastern Caribbean…. An area of moderate to thick Saharan Dust was extending across the Tropical Atlantic Ocean towards the western Caribbean Sea and into the western Gulf of Mexico. This area includes most of the eastern, central and western Caribbean Islands and was also moving over the Yucatan Peninsula into the western Gulf of Mexico, and coastal Central America. Nguyen 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