DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1635Z June 30, 2023
SMOKE: Canada, Eastern and Central United States, Atlantic Ocean… The major wildfires across portions of Canada continue with a large area of smoke over much of Canada and extending to the south over the Central and Southeastern United States. The smoke also extended well off the east coasts of Canada and the United States as well as the Atlantic ocean along the eastern U.S coast and north-central region. To the west, some of the thinner density smoke had spread to the west and south over parts of the southwestern United States. Within this area, the thickest smoke was located mostly over Western Canada, northern Quebec, and parts of Hudson Bay while moderate density smoke engulfed most of Canada, Northeast U.S, and parts of northern U.S within Montana and the Dakotas. Cloud cover over eastern Canada made it difficult to determine to the full extent of the thick density smoke from the Quebec fires. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southern United States, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean south and southwest of Mexico... Seasonal fires continue to burn mainly in Mexico resulting in a large area of thin smoke extending from the southern United States through much of the Gulf of Mexico, northern Mexico, and the Pacific Ocean extending well to the southwest of Mexico. It is likely that the smoke from Mexico merges with smoke from the Canadian fires somewhere over the south central and southeastern United States. Some aerosols from industrial activities in Mexico and Central America may also be present within the smoke in this region. Dust: Northeastern Caribbean Islands…. An area of light to moderate Saharan Dust continues to move across the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and was seen extending into the far 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