DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0121Z June 23, 2022
SMOKE: South Central and Southeastern U.S., Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic off the Northeast Coast... A mass of thin to moderate density smoke believed to be mainly from recent and current wildfire activity in the southwestern U.S. with contributions from daily seasonal fire activity in the south central and southeastern U.S. was present covering much of the south central and southeastern U.S., and a portion of the Atlantic off the northeast U.S. coast. This smoke continues south covering much of the Gulf of Mexico. A large area of moderate density smoke was observed in the south central and south eastern U.S. generally from eastern Texas, then north into Nebraska, and eastward to western West Virginia and south over most of northwest Georgia. Alaska/Canada/Far Western Atlantic... A large area of thin density smoke, attributed mainly to wildfires burning in portions of Alaska and northwestern Canada was visible today stretching from the Gulf of Alaska and southern Alaska to the northeast over central and eastern Alaska, northern and northeastern Canada. A branch of the smoke also extended to the southeast over central, south central, and southeastern Canada. Embedded thicker areas of smoke were seen closer to some of the individual wildfire complexes with larger areas over far southern Alaska and the Gulf of Alaska, central and eastern Alaska, northwestern Canada. Cloud cover over the far northeastern U.S. and over portions of central and eastern Canada prevented detection of any smoke through satellite imagery which might be present there. Mexico/Pacific West of Mexico… Thin density smoke generally from lingering seasonal fire activity in Mexico was seen today over roughly the northern half of Mexico and extending to the west over the southern parts of the Gulf of California and Baja, and the nearby Pacific in this region. DUST: Tropical Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico… Saharan dust seen in satellite imagery was east of the Caribbean region over the tropical and subtropical Atlantic west of Africa. Eglin 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