DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0220Z June 21, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Southeastern U.S/Ontario/Western Atlantic... A large plume of light-density smoke was observed covering the southwestern and central Ontario along with the majority of the Great Plains extending over the southeastern U.S. and the northern Gulf of Mexico. A small pocket of moderate density smoke was observed near the Mississippi river in southeastern Missouri where multiple agricultural fires were again burning during the afternoon hours. Additionally, an area of light density smoke originated from previous day fires in the central U.S. was also observed over the western Atlantic just off the eastern U.S. coast. Alaska/Northwestern Canada... Significant cloud cover remained over a good portion of southern and eastern Alaska limiting smoke delineation across Alaska and northwestern Canada. Nonetheless, a narrow band of light density smoke could be seen stretching from western to eastern Alaska across the central area of that state. Another larger plume of equally light density smoke covered much of the Northern Territories and parts of central-northern Saskatchewan. Southern Utah... A wildfire in northwestern Kane County continued to burn picking up intensity toward the late afternoon hours with moderate to heavy density smoke moving north-northeastward. Western Mexico: Light smoke from widespread seasonal fire activity across western Mexico was observed over the coastal areas in that region. DUST: Tropical Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean Sea… Light-density Saharan dust covered the western Caribbean Sea including the islands of Jamaica, eastern and central Cuba, in addition to the Bahamas and areas to the north. Another area of light Saharan dust is approaching the eastern Caribbean islands from the central Atlantic region. 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