DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z May 27, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/Central and Eastern United States/Greenland/Atlantic Ocean... Numerous wildfires located throughout Canada from northeast British Columbia to the south-central part of the Northwest Territories and the north-central and central regions of Alberta continue to as of this morning, a more detailed analysis of the extent of the Canadian wildfires was difficult due to a significant amount of cloud cover in these regions and is most likely concealing thicker density smoke as well. Central and Eastern United States... An area of light density smoke was seen throughout the Midwest region of the United States where it combined with the area of Canadian smoke and further extended southwest into portions of the South Central United States. New Mexico... The two wildfires located in north-central and south-central New Mexico continue to burn this morning. The Indos Fire located in Santa Fe National Forest, in north-central New Mexico was seen emitting a light density smoke plume that was mostly stationary this morning, while the Blue 2 Fire located in Lincoln National Forest, in south-central New Mexico was seen emitting a light density plume eastward across the state. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Southwest Atlantic Ocean, Southeastern United States, Gulf Coast States, Gulf of Mexico, Western Caribbean Islands, Central and Southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and Eastern Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light density smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central and southern Mexico and Central America was observed today from portions of the southwest Atlantic Ocean and western Caribbean Islands extending west and southwest through portions of the Southeastern and Gulf Coastal States of the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, central and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Aerosols from volcanic emissions, industrial sources in Mexico and gas flaring activity in the southwest Gulf of Mexico were also likely associated with the southern portions of this expansive area of aerosol/smoke observed throughout these regions this morning. Currier 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