DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z June 24, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Southeastern United States, Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic off the Southeast Coast... An area of light density smoke believed to be mainly from recent and current wildfire activity in the southwestern United States with contributions from daily seasonal fire activity in the south central and southeastern United States was present covering much of the central and southeastern United States, and off the southeastern United States coast. This smoke continues south covering much of the Gulf of Mexico. One fire in north-central Texas was also observed producing thick smoke moving northeastward. Other scattered agricultural burning was seen across the Mississippi Valley. Alaska and Canada…. A large area of light 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 through northern and northeastern Canada north of Hudson Bay and over Baffin Island. Within this area of smoke, there were several areas of moderate density smoke those being from the northern Northwest Territories extending west to the northern Yukon and also over southern Alaska and extending into the Gulf of Alaska. Another area of light density smoke was also seen over northern Ontario extending northeast towards northern Quebec. Thicker smoke was also seen from the parent fires across Alaska and northern Canada. 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 Baja and the nearby Pacific in this region. California… A few fires in northern California were seen producing light to moderate smoke moving east across the Sacramento Valley. DUST: Atlantic/far southern Caribbean/Central America/southern Mexico… An area of Saharan Dust was seen extending from the central Atlantic along the northern coastline of South America along the Caribbean Sea and possibly further west into the western Caribbean and into Central America and southern Mexico. Hosley 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