DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z June 26, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Eastern United States, Mexico, and Southeastern Canada… Thick smoke from a couple of large fires in north and east Texas was observed moving primarily northward and westward. Additional moderate smoke was observed extending over southern Oklahoma. Light remnant smoke from these fires and seasonal agricultural burning activity extended from northeastern Mexico across much of the eastern U.S. and into southern Ontario and Quebec, as well as portions of the Gulf of Mexico. Additional light smoke was observed in southern Mexico and over the Bay of Campeche. Alaska and Northern Canada…. Thick smoke was observed emanating from a number of wildfires across Alaska. Large areas of moderate smoke were also observed over much of south-central and eastern Alaska. Light smoke from these fires extended over the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Additional fires burning in Northwest Territories and northern Alberta and Saskatchewan were producing additional areas of moderate and thick smoke across those areas. MTC 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