DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1410Z July 6th, 2024
SMOKE: Northeastern British Columbia/Central Washington State... Light to heavy density smoke emanating from the ongoing fires in Northeastern British Columbia, was observed dispersing over large portions of the US/Canadian interior. One segment of the smoke dispersed towards the South into Central Washington State, where it combined with smoke from the ongoing Lake Chelan-Sawtooth area wildfire. Another segment of the smoke dispersed towards the Southeast, spanning over as far South as the Texas panhandle and as far east as the western edge of Quebec. Southern California... Light to heavy density smoke was observed emanating from the ongoing Los Padres National Forest wildfire. The smoke was seen breaking into two separate plumes. The first plume was observed climbing North along the Californian coastline all the way to the Southern Washington state border, and the second was seen cutting straight to the South over the Pacific Ocean. Gulf Coast/South/Northeast/Atlantic Seaboard... A combination of smoke from remnant agricultural fires in the US Central Plains and smoke emanating from Northern Mexico, was observed dispersing across large portions of the USA. Starting with smoke drifting towards the North from Mexico into Texas, smoke was seen wrapping its way along the Gulf Coast, across the entirety of Florida, and up along the Atlantic Seaboard, into Central Maine. Central New Jersey... Light to moderate density smoke was observed emanating from the ongoing Wharton National Forest wildfire. The smoke was seen mixing and contributing to the overall smoke band that made its way up the Atlantic Seaboard. 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