DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1720Z May 23,2023
SMOKE: Canada/U.S./Atlantic... A very large area of thin density smoke sourced from ongoing wildfires in western Canada was detected parts of British Columbia, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories, and a large part of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. Within this area, moderate density smoke was detected over northern Alberta, central Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba, and parts of Ontario and Quebec. Thick density smoke may exist over parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan but cloud cover prevented further analysis. In the U.S., a thin density plume covered just about all of the central and eastern part of the country and extended out over the western Atlantic to just south of Newfoundland. Within this thin density area, moderate density smoke was detected over the Northern Plains to the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley, across the Mid-Atlantic and parts of New England, and offshore into the western Atlantic to south of Newfoundland. Mexico/Pacific... A large thin density plume of smoke from ongoing agricultural burns was detected over northeast and central Mexico, and extended offshore a few hundred miles into the Pacific south of the south-central coast of Mexico. Konon 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