DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z May 11, 2024
SMOKE: British Columbia/Central and Southeastern U.S... Numerous large wildfires located in northeastern British Columbia and into the Northwest Territories were seen producing large amounts of thick density smoke that extended eastward through Alberta, Saskatchewan, and parts of Manitoba. Moderate density smoke extended further north, where a frontal boundary carried the moderate smoke into parts of the Northwestern Territories, Nunavut, and northern Manitoba. The larger area of smoke extended south into the central U.S, where it combined with smoke attributed from the seasonal burning and fire activity throughout the United States. This overall large smoke engulfed most of the southern U.S. and was seen progressing eastward into the Atlantic Ocean AEROSOL/SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea/Central-Southern Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean/Atlantic... A large area of predominantly light to moderate density smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America was observed this morning extending from the Gulf of Mexico, through the western portion of the Caribbean sea, central-southern Mexico, Central America and into the Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastlines of Mexico and Guatemala. Areas of higher density smoke and aerosols were observed over parts of eastern coast of Mexico,the Bay of Campeche,eastern Gulf of Mexico, Florida and into the Atlantic Ocean. Aerosols from a composite of volcanic emissions and industrial sources in Mexico, and gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche contributed to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke observed throughout these regions today. 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