DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245 June 1, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/North Dakota... Numerous wildfires located throughout Canada from northeast British Columbia, to the Northwest Territories/Alberta border and the central regions of Alberta continue to burn today. Due to the large presence of ongoing wildfires and recently developed ones throughout these areas, a large area of smoke ranging from light to moderate density continue to cover a majority of Canada; extending from regions near the North Pole, to the Northwest Territories, across British Columbia, Alberta, central Saskatchewan and Manitoba. This area of smoke also extended slightly south across the U.S border into North Dakota. Higher density smoke continues to be seen in areas close to the larger wildfires, such as those located in northeast British Columbia, northwest Alberta and the Northwest Territories/Alberta border, however, the large presence of cloud cover is likely concealing thicker smoke. United States Pacific Northwest... Fire activity was observed throughout the U.S Pacific Northwest. Several light to moderate density smoke plumes were seen in southern Oregon and Idaho dispersing southeast in direction within their respective states this evening. Arizona... Several suspected wildfires in central and southern Arizona were seen emitting light density smoke plumes that were dispersing north/northeast in direction this evening. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Caribbean Sea/Central-Southern Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light to moderate density smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America was observed this this evening from the Gulf of Mexico, through the far western portion of the Caribbean Sea, Central-Southern Mexico, Central America and into the Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastline of Mexico. Areas of higher density smoke and aerosols were observed over northern Central America, central-southern Mexico and the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico. 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 and smoke observed throughout these regions today. Willkens 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