DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z June 13, 2022
SMOKE: Alaska... Numerous large fires continue to burn across southwestern Alaska emitting moderate to heavy density smoke. The smoke is dispersing primarily toward the northeast covering much of central Alaska and extending into Canada’s Yukon territory, while also dispersing to the southeast over the western Gulf of Alaska. South-Central, Southwestern and Eastern U.S... A large area consisting of light density remnant smoke originating from wildfires in New Mexico along with contributions from seasonal burning across the south-central U.S. was observed covering southern Arizona, New Mexico, most of the Great Plains, the mid-west, the southeastern and eastern U.S. The bulk of that large plume was seen moving eastward. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean and the 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 over the Gulf Mexico, and to the west over the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. The plume is largely stagnant over the entire region. DUST: Southwestern U.S... Areas of moderate to thick density blowing dust could be seen forming along southern California, southern and western Nevada, western Arizona, and southwestern-western Utah as a result of strong surface winds across the entire region. The dust was being pushed towards the northeast. Eastern Caribbean... Moderate density Saharan Dust was observed across most of the Caribbean extending further to the west across southern Florida and the Yucatan Peninsula, reaching parts of the central Gulf of Mexico where it was seen mixing with the fire emissions originating from Mexico. WS 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