DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1635Z June 4, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/North Central/Eastern United States/Atlantic Ocean... Numerous wildfires located throughout Canada from northeast British Columbia, to the Northwest Territories-Alberta border and the central regions of Saskatchewan continue to burn today. Due to the large presence of ongoing and developing wildfires throughout these regions a large area of smoke ranging from light to moderate density continue to cover a majority of Canada; extending from the western Yukon, through the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, across northeast British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and western Quebec. This area of smoke also extended south across the U.S border into the Great Lakes Region and continued into the northeastern United States before dispersing off the coasts of Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina into the Atlantic Ocean. Higher density smoke continues to be seen in areas close to the larger wildfires, such as those that have been seen previously in northeast British Columbia and the Northwest Territories-Alberta border, however, the large presence of cloud cover throughout these region today prevented further analysis of the smoke observed in this area. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Caribbean Sea/Cuba/Jamaica/Central and Southern Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light to moderate density smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central and southern Mexico and Central America was observed this morning from the Gulf of Mexico, extending northeast through Florida and into the Atlantic Ocean, where it continued moving north along the east coast of the United States and into Quebec, Canada. From the Gulf of Mexico, the large area of aerosol and smoke continued expanding through the western Caribbean Sea, Cuba, Jamaica, central and 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, areas of the Pacific Ocean of the southwest coast of 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 southwest region of the Gulf of Mexico likely 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