DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0140Z June 9, 2023
SMOKE: Canada, Central and Eastern United States and the northwestern Atlantic Ocean… Multiple large wildfires across western and central Canada continued to produce large amounts of moderate to high density smoke in a plume stretching from northeastern British Columbia east through central Alberta, central Saskatchewan to central Manitoba. This area of smoke extended east and northeast through northeastern Canada and into the north Atlantic Ocean where an area of moderate density smoke was seen over the north Atlantic Ocean. Additional fires in Quebec and Ontario were adding moderate to high density smoke that was extending southwest and southward through much of Ontario, the Upper Midwest and much of the Eastern United States extending as far south as northern Alabama and northern Georgia. Within this area, an area of high density smoke was seen along and east of the I95 corridor from Raleigh and Richmond northeast to Boston and extended from there further northeast into southeastern Canada. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Florida, Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Sea, Mexico, Northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean south of southwest Mexico… A large area of mostly low density smoke, from ongoing fire activity over Mexico and Central America, mixed with aerosols from industrial activity over Mexico and Central America, was seen extending from southern Florida west and southwest through the Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Sea, much of Mexico, northwest Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of northwest Central America and southwest Mexico. Within this area, an area of moderate density smoke was seen over coastal eastern and southeastern Mexico and just offshore in the southwest Gulf of Mexico. 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