Monday, June 20, 2022

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.

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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.