DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1610Z June 24, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Southeastern United States, Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean 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. 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. Within this area of smoke, there were several areas of moderate density smoke those being over most of the Northwest Territories, northern British Columbia and northern Alberta and also closer to the ongoing fires over central and southern Alaska. Mexico and the Pacific Ocean 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. Hanna 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