DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z June 16, 2022
SMOKE: Alaska/Northwestern Canada... Numerous large wildfires burning in southwestern and central Alaska were responsible for large areas of varying density smoke which affected virtually all of Alaska, coastal Alaska, northwestern Canada and extending southeast into the Northern Plains of the United States. The thickest smoke was present around some of the larger fires in Alaska as well as over most of the Yukon. Eastern and Central U.S, Southeastern Canada... A swath of varying density smoke from several larger wildfires burning in Arizona and New Mexico with contributions from seasonal burning extended from portions of Arizona and New Mexico to the northeast across the central and eastern U.S. to as far as the coastal Atlantic Ocean and southeastern Canada. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Northern Mexico/Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean/Southwestern U.S… Generally thin density smoke from seasonal fire activity and possibly a few wildfires in Mexico combined with aerosols from industry was visible this morning over western and northern Mexico, the Baja and off the western coast of Mexico over the eastern Pacific. The smoke also likely extended into portions of the southwestern U.S where it eventually mixed with smoke from the wildfires burning in Arizona and New Mexico. DUST: Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico... Saharan Dust was seen over the Central Tropical Atlantic Ocean and extending through the eastern Caribbean Islands and into the eastern Caribbean Sea. 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