Monday, June 13, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z 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 northern Gulf of Alaska and into central and northern
British Columbia.

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 much of the
southwestern United States extending  northeast into the Northern Plains,
Midwest and Upper Midwest states and then extending southeast towards
the Southeast and Eastern United States coastal regions.  Within this
region an area of moderate to high density smoke was seen extending
from the fires over north central Arizona northeast into western and
central Colorado.

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 and other industrial sources, was observed covering most
of Mexico, and extending over the western Gulf Mexico and western Gulf
Coastal states, and to the west over the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean.

DUST:
Southwestern U.S...
An area of blowing dust was seen over portions of southern Nevada and
extending northeast into northern Utah.

Eastern Caribbean...
An area of Saharan Dust was seen extending across the Tropical Atlantic
Ocean and through most of the Caribbean Sea including the eastern,
central and western islands of the Caribbean.  The leading edge of the
Saharan Dust was seen as far northwest as the southern Gulf of Mexico
and extending from coastal Mexico east through southern and central
Florida and then extending further offshore.

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.