Monday, May 13, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0136Z May 14, 2024

SMOKE:
Canada/North Central and Northeastern U.S./Atlantic Ocean…
Numerous large wildfires were scattered across portions of the southern
half of Canada from northeastern British Columbia and the southern part
of the Northwest Territories eastward over the southern tier of Canadian
provinces to Manitoba. This resulted in a very large mass of light to
thick density smoke which covered a majority of southern Canada and
extended into the north-central U.S. and continued over the northeastern
United States. The thickest density smoke could be seen in northeastern
British Columbia around the larger fires and east into northern Alberta
and the southern Northwest Territories. Moderate smoke also covers
portions of the north-central U.S. and northeastern United States.

United States Pacific Northwest...
Fire activity was observed throughout the United States Pacific
Northwest. Due to cloud cover only a few light density smoke plumes were
seen in Oregon and Idaho, they were both moving east in direction.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan
Peninsula/Cuba/Jamaica/Central America/Pacific Ocean...
A large area of predominantly light and moderate density smoke attributed
to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern
Mexico,Central America,and the Yucatan Peninsula was observed extending
from the Gulf of Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula through central-southern
Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Central America and into the Pacific Ocean off the
southern coastline of Mexico. The smoke also continues east from the Gulf
through Florida and out into the Atlantic ocean. Areas of higher density
smoke and aerosols were observed over southern Mexico, northern Central
America and the Gulf of Mexico.  Aerosols from a composite of volcanic
emissions and industrial sources in Mexico, and gas flaring activity in
the Bay of Campeche contributed to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke
observed throughout these regions.


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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