Sunday, May 12, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1650Z May 12, 2024

SMOKE:
Western and Eastern Canada/Central and Eastern U.S/Labrador
Sea/Greenland/Atlantic Ocean...
Numerous large wildfires located in northeastern British Columbia and
into the Northwest Territories were seen producing large amounts of
thick density smoke that extended eastward through Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, and Ontario. The thick density smoke also extended south into
northern U.S, engulfing most of Montana, Northern Dakota, and northern
Minnesota. A large detached patch of moderate smoke was seen further east
from the larger area of thick smoke, where it extended from Hudson Bay,
south between Ontario and Quebec, and into eastern U.S over east-north
central U.S states  of Illinois and India and southern/Atlantic states
of Kentucky, parts of Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. The larger
area of light density smoke extended further northeast through Canada and
the Labrador Sea and into parts of Greenland. The smoke also moved south
into the central U.S, where it combined with smoke attributed from the
seasonal burning and fire activity throughout the United States. This
overall large smoke engulfed central and eastern U.S. and was seen
progressing eastward into the Atlantic Ocean.

Oregon...
A large light density smoke plume from a suspected wildfire, was observed
emanating from Southern Oregon. The smoke extended east across the state.


AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Central
America/Cuba/Hispaniola/Pacific Ocean...
A large area of predominantly light 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. 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.


Nguyen

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