DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z May 31, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/Eastern and Central U.S.… Dense smoke from wildfires in Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories continued to be observed across much of northern and south-central Canada. Light to moderate smoke from these fires, in addition to fires in northern Ontario, was spread across much of the rest of Canada, with lighter smoke extending southward across much of the eastern and central CONUS. Smoke from additional fires in eastern Canada is described in the next section. Canadian Maritimes/New England/Northwestern Atlantic... Several fires across Nova Scotia and eastern Quebec were producing smoke plumes moving generally southeastward around sunset. The most notable of these fires was the Barrington Lake wildfire in far southwestern Nova Scotia, which was producing a prolific plume of dense smoke moving south and southeastward. Remnant smoke from the Nova Scotia fires was also observed moving west across coastal southern New England. New Mexico… A pair of fires in southwestern New Mexico were producing smoke of up to moderate density moving generally north-northeastward. Clouds in the immediate area may have obscured portions of the smoke plumes. Oregon… Two fires in central Oregon were observed to be producing up to moderate-density smoke moving eastward across the state. Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific... Smoke, likely mixed with aerosols, was observed over much of southern Mexico and Belize, with additional smoke plumes from numerous agricultural fires observed along the Pacific coast Mexico from the Gulf of California to the Guatemala border. MTC 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