DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 2, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/Eastern CONUS/North Atlantic… Wildfire activity in west-central Canada, now along with some activity in the southern half of Quebec, continues to produce moderate to thick smoke that blankets an area covering much of Canada, the eastern half of the CONUS, and portions of the North Atlantic. The thickest smoke resides closer to the wildfires in central and north-central Canada, extending northeast across the Northwestern Territories and Nunavut. Further thick smoke was seen from the southern parts of James Bay to across the Quebec/Ontario border as well as over parts of the Maritime Provinces that specifically was emitted by a large fire north of Sept-Iles, Quebec. Moderate density smoke was seen over in central and northern Canada, then extending east/southeast across Canada, the Great Lakes, Great Plains, and northeastern CONUS. In far southern Nova Scotia, a wildfire continues to produce smoke that extends east-southeastward out over the Atlantic as well. Southwestern U.S… Scattered wildfire activity from the Sierra Nevada into the Mogollon Rim region were observed producing light to moderate smoke plumes. Smoke near the Mogollon Rim was moving east-northeastward while smoke over the Sierras was moving northwestward. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southern U.S/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean Extending well South of the Southern Coast of Mexico and Central America… The persistent and large area of thin to moderate density smoke, linked mainly to the ongoing widespread seasonal burning along with wildfires in Mexico and northwestern Central America was detected over southern and eastern Mexico, northern Central America, the Bay of Campeche, the far western Gulf of Mexico, and into southern Texas. Moderate smoke was observed over southern and eastern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, parts of northwestern Central America, and the western Gulf of Mexico along the eastern coast of Mexico. Hosley 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