DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0104 June 9, 2024
SMOKE: South-Central and Southeastern United States… Agricultural fires in south-Central and southeastern US were observed producing light density smoke over the area’s. The smoke was moving east over the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to south of Nova Scotia. Moderate density plumes were noted in the Florida Panhandle. Quebec, Canada… A few clusters of fires were seen in central Quebec emitting moderate to thick density smoke that was moving northwest in direction earlier today. There was also remnant smoke in this area that continued moving NW over the Hudson Bay and across northern Canada. Most of the fires became cloud covered later this afternoon. Yukon... Three fires in southwestern Yukon were observed releasing light to moderate density smoke that was moving generally west earlier today. These fires became cloud covered later this afternoon. California... Agricultural burning in southern California was releasing light density smoke that was observed moving southeast as evening approached. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Central America/Central United States/U.S. Gulf States/Pacific Ocean... Numerous smoke plumes related to agricultural burning were observed across much of Mexico and adjacent Central America. This smoke combined with a large amount of remnant smoke, as well as aerosols from a variety of sources, to create a large mass of light to moderate density smoke covering much of Mexico, northern Central America, south-central U.S., the Gulf states, the Gulf of Mexico, over the Atlantic Ocean, and adjacent coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean. 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