DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z June 11, 2023
SMOKE: Canada, Northern, Central and Eastern United States and the Atlantic Ocean… Wildfires continued to burn and grow throughout the southern Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan emitting large amounts of medium-density to dense smoke extending from southeastern Yukon, far northern Canada, east through British Columbia to western/central Ontario and through northern Montana, the Dakotas, and Minnesota. Heavy density smoke was concentrated over the NW Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Also, new very dense smoke is near source of wildfires. Patches of moderate density to dense smoke was seen across western Ontario and eastern Quebec. Another patch was seen over northern Maine into southeastern Quebec. Light smoke from these fires extended across all of the Canadian territories and over Hudson Bay, and also into the central US, south to the northern Gulf of Mexico region, to south Florida and the eastern U.S into the western Atlantic. This smoke has become combined with smoke emitting from wildfires in Ontario and Quebec, with light to moderate-density smoke and some dense smoke extending from the Atlantic Ocean southeast of New England and Nova Scotia. Some new wildfires in Ontario and Quebec have emitted smoke moving south southeast to U.S. border. Northern Mexico/Southeast Arizona/Southwest New Mexico: Wildfires near the Mexico/Arizona border and in southwest New Mexico produced light to moderate density that moved northwest from source. The fire in northern Mexico has produced smoke that moved across the border into Arizona and extreme southwest New Mexico. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Central America, western Caribbean.. Light smoke from widespread burning activity was observed from southern Texas, south across most of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, northern/central Central America and parts of the western Caribbean. This smoke was also mixed with with aerosols from industrial activity, particularly over and near the Bay of Campeche and the Yucatan Peninsula. JK 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