DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0135Z June 12, 2024
SMOKE: Alaska/Yukon/Northwest Territories... Remnant smoke from several scattered wildfires throughout central Alaska and western Yukon was observed producing an area of light density smoke that extended east from northern Alaska as far as the central regions of the Northwest Territories. Significant cloud cover has prevented a more detailed analysis of the smoke attributed to the wildfires in these regions, however, it is likely that areas of moderate smoke and possibly even distinct individual plumes of smoke are being concealed at this time. Quebec/Newfoundland and Labrador... Two wildfires located in Quebec were observed producing plumes of moderate density smoke. The smoke from the wildfire located closer to northwest Quebec was moving northeast in direction, while the wildfire located in eastern Quebec was moving southeast towards the St. Lawrence Seaway. The two wildfires located in western Newfoundland and Labrador were observed producing light density smoke plumes that were moving southeast in direction. As evening progressed weather systems blew clouds eastwards, concealing the plumes observed in the late afternoon/early evening. Washington... A wildfire in north-central Washington was observed producing a plume of light to moderate density smoke that was moving east in direction as the evening progressed. New Mexico... A large wildfire located in western New Mexico was observed producing moderate to localized thick density smoke that was seen moving slightly east before it remained relatively stagnant near the source. As the evening progressed clouds began to develop over the area preventing further analysis. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Southern United States/Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of Mexico/Gulf Coast/Caribbean Sea/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 this evening from the Gulf of Mexico, extending north into Texas and southern Oklahoma, east along the Gulf Coast and then northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, where it continued north along the entire east coast of the United States. This area of smoke and aerosols continued through the western portion of the Caribbean Sea, 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 central and southern Mexico, the southwest coastline of Mexico, the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Coast. 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