DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1710Z June 17, 2024
SMOKE: Eastern United States/Great Lakes Region/Atlantic Seaboard... A large area of light density remnant smoke attributed to a combination of smoke from several sources continued to be observed covering much of the eastern United States, including the Great lakes region and the entirety of the Atlantic Seaboard. Remnant smoke from Sources that contribute to this large area of smoke are from previous and ongoing wildfires throughout Canada as well as current smoke from ongoing fires in the Central United States and continuing smoke and aerosols emanating from the Gulf of Mexico. The smoke was mostly moving eastward throughout the central and eastern United States into the Atlantic Ocean. Quebec/Labrador Sea... An area of remnant smoke attributed to the several ongoing wildfires located throughout central Quebec and western Newfoundland and Labrador was also observed this morning despite a significant amount of cloud cover over the region. This area of remnant smoke appeared to be light density, covering most of Quebec. The smoke, which has combined with areas of smoke from the northeastern part of United States was observed moving east into the Labrador Sea before extending northeast through the Davis Strait. Southern California... An area of light density smoke attributed to the wildfires located near northern Los Angeles and Ventura counties was observed moving southeast from the sources and just over the Arizona border. Utah... Several wildfires located in south-central Utah were observed emitting light density smoke that was moving northeast in direction that remained within the respective state as the morning progressed. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Caribbean Sea/Central-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, central and southern Mexico and into the Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastline of Mexico. Heavy cloud cover over Central America, the Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico due to a tropical weather system prevented a more detailed analysis of the smoke throughout these regions. Saharan dust: A considerable amount of Saharan dust was observed this morning over the eastern and central regions of the Atlantic Atlantic Ocean. The moderate edge of Saharan Dust is now encroaching on the Lesser Antilles. 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