DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z June 1, 2024
SMOKE: Canada and the North Central United States…. Numerous wildfires, located throughout Canada from northeast British Columbia, to the Northwest Territories and Alberta border and the central regions of Alberta continue to produce a large area of smoke ranging from light to moderate density over portions of Canada and the North Central United States. The smoke was from regions of the Northwest Territories and the Yukon, extending southeast across northern British Columbia, Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, Manitoba, western Ontario and into northern North Dakota and Minnesota. Higher density smoke continues to be seen in areas close to the larger fires in northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia. An area of moderate density smoke was also seen extending from southern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan and into northern North Dakota. AEROSOL/SMOKE: South Central United States, Gulf Coastal States of the United States, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, Central America and the Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light to moderate density smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central and southern Mexico, Central America, and also over the south central United States, was observed from the South Central United States, Gulf Coastal United States, Gulf of Mexico, through the far western portion of the Caribbean Sea, eastern and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and into the Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastline of Mexico. Areas of higher density smoke and aerosols was observed over coastal regions of eastern Mexico, southern and eastern Texas and the western Gulf of Mexico and also from southwestern coastal Mexico extending southwest into the Pacific Ocean. Aerosols from volcanic emissions and industrial sources in Mexico, and gas flaring activity in the southwest Gulf of Mexico were also likely associated with the southern portion to the expansive area of aerosol and smoke. Hanna 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