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