DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2340Z June 22, 2024
SMOKE: Alaska/Northeastern United States/Atlantic Ocean... A large area of light density smoke attributed to a combination of smoke from new and ongoing wildfires throughout Western Canada and Eastern Canada, fires in Alaska, seasonal fire activity throughout the Central and Atlantic Seaboard and the continued combination of smoke and aerosols emanating from the Gulf of Mexico continue to be observed today. Although cloud cover in these areas impacts detailed analysis, it can be presumed that various individual events throughout these regions such as numerous wildfires and seasonal agricultural burning are contributing elements to the vast combined area of smoke that can be seen covering these regions. Continuing into the evening, light density smoke was observed covering much of the East Coast of the United States, with more moderate density smoke covering areas farther north reaching into the Great Lakes region before moving east through New England. There, the smoke mixed with moderate to heavy density emanating from several wildfires in Quebec, before extending east off the coast into the North-Central region of the Atlantic Ocean. California/Arizona/Oregon/Nevada/Idaho/Utah... A plume of moderate to heavy localized density smoke, attributed to a wildfire located northwest of Sacramento was observed continuing producing large amounts of smoke. Light density smoke was observed dispersing towards the South across the Californian Central Valley before exiting out into Southeastern Arizona. Another segment of smoke was observed blowing towards the east, dispersing light density smoke over the states of Southern Oregon, Nevada, Western Idaho, and Northern Utah. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Central America/Cuba/Hispaniola/Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light to moderate smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Central America and northern South America was observed today over southern Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean off the southern coastline of Mexico, and east over the northern Caribbean Sea. Moderate smoke was visible over the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America. Aerosols from a composite of volcanic emissions and industrial sources in Mexico contributed to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke seen in these regions today. Cardona 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