DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 20, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Eastern U.S/South-Central Canada/Western Canada... A large plume of light-density smoke was observed covering parts of south-central Manitoba, western Ontario and the majority of the Great Plains extending eastward over western Quebec and most of eastern U.S. through Florida well into the Atlantic Ocean, and southward into the northern Gulf of Mexico. Moderate density smoke was also observed, mainly over Nebraska and Oklahoma moving eastward across the states. Alaska/Northwestern Canada... Significant cloud cover was present over a good portion of southern and eastern Alaska which limited information through satellite imagery on the extent and density of smoke from recent wildfire activity in Alaska. Despite this, a large area of light density smoke was observed over northern Alaska, extending from coastal Alaska over in the west to parts of the Yukon. In addition, light density smoke observed over Northwestern Territories extending south into central Alberta may be part of the larger smoke mentioned prior in Alaska though cloud cover in the Yukon made this analysis difficult to determine this morning. Southern Utah... A wildfire in northwestern Kane County was seen producing light density smoke with heavier density closer to source moving east/northeastward across the state. The smoke is likely contributing to overall large area of smoke covering Central and Eastern U.S mentioned previously. AEROSOL MIX: An area of aerosol mixture was observed just off the central Baja coast. The aerosol mixture may be from recent fire activity in the U.S and Mexico with atmospheric pollutants from sources in these areas as well. DUST: Tropical Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean Sea… A large area of mainly thin density Saharan dust continues to remain largely stagnant over most of the Caribbean Sea, including islands of Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and eastern Cuba, and extending to the north of that region for a few hundred miles. 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