DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 30, 2022
SMOKE: Alaska, Western Canada, South Central Canada... A very large area of smoke, attributed mainly to the wildfires burning in portions of western and central Alaska and northwestern Canada, was seen stretching northeast from western and central Alaska through the Yukon and Northwest Territories and then extending southeast through British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Within this area, a large area of moderate density smoke was seen extending from the fire activity in western and central Alaska northeast into the Yukon and Northwest Territories and then southeast into northern British Columbia and central Alberta along with a moderate smoke plume separating from the main sections and moving eastward into parts of central Manitoba. High density smoke was seen closer to the ongoing fires and extending towards the western Yukon. Eastern and Southeastern Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Southern Plains, Southeastern United States, Coastal New England…. A large area of mostly light density smoke, from a combination of fire activity over the central United States and Mexico, was seen extending from portions of eastern and southeastern Mexico through the Gulf of Mexico northeast to the Southern Plains, northern half of southeast United States off the East Coast of the United States and into portions of coastal New England. Parts of the smoke may extend further in the southeast U.S into Georgia and Alabama but cloud cover over region obstructed analysis in the area. DUST: Utah... Several areas of blowing dust originating from Nevada were seen briefly moving east over northern Utah before cloud cover settled over the region. Caribbean Sea... An area of Saharan Dust was seen over the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and extending into portions of the northeastern Caribbean Islands and into the eastern Caribbean Sea. Nguyen 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