DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z June 10, 2023
SMOKE: Canada, Central and Eastern United States and the northwestern Atlantic Ocean… Wildfires throughout Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the southern Northwest Territories continued to produce large amounts of light to medium-density smoke extending from southeastern Yukon to northern Montana, the Dakotas, and Minnesota and southern Ontario. Heavy density smoke was concentrated over the NW Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Due to heavy cloud coverage, it was difficult to the full extent of smoke over most of Ontario and Quebec. Light smoke from these fires also extended across all of the Canadian territories and over Hudson Bay, and additional areas of the central, southern and eastern U.S. This smoke then became combined with smoke mainly emitted from fires in Ontario and Quebec, with light to moderate-density smoke extending from the over the Atlantic Ocean southeast of New England and Nova Scotia. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, southern Mexico, Northern Central America.. Light smoke from widespread burning activity, was observed over much of southern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, and northern Central America. This smoke was also mixed with with aerosols from industrial activity, particularly over and near the Bay of Campeche and the Yucatan Peninsula. Rodriguez 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