DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0046Z June 5, 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 earlier today. Higher density smoke continued to be seen in areas close to the larger wildfires earlier today however, later in the afternoon large areas of cloud cover moved in throughout the region precluding further analysis of the smoke observed in this area. Quebec/Ontario... A wildfire in central Quebec was releasing moderate to possibly heavy smoke that was observed spreading northeast before becoming fully cloud covered precluding further smoke analysis. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Cuba/Jamaica/Gulf States/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, Central America and northern South America was observed today extending from the Gulf of Mexico through the Gulf States into the coastal Atlantic. The smoke continues south through the Caribbean sea towards Cuba and Jamaica, then west to central-southern Mexico, Central America and into the Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastlines of Mexico. Areas of higher density smoke and aerosols were observed over Central America, most of Mexico and 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. Eglin 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