DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z June 25, 2024
SMOKE: Central Plains/Southeastern U.S.... Numerous agricultural fires were observed across the area producing plumes of light smoke. Prominent plumes were observed in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Canada/Eastern and Central United States… Remnant smoke from wildfires and agricultural burning was observed over much of eastern Canada and the eastern and central United States, extending from eastern Manitoba to the Atlantic Ocean and as far south as Texas and Florida. In addition, numerous ongoing wildfires were observed in eastern Canada, including northern Ontario and several in eastern Quebec and Labrador, which were producing plumes of moderate-density smoke. Alaska/Northwestern Canada... Fires in Alaska and Yukon Territory were observed producing plumes of moderate to heavy-density smoke which extended across the region. DUST: Atlantic Ocean... Earlier, Saharan dust was seen spreading across the eastern Caribbean and Atlantic. Oregon… Blowing dust was seen emanating from the Summer Lake area of southern Oregon, blowing east-northeastward to near the Oregon/Idaho border. MTC 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