Friday, June 28, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1755Z June 28, 2024

SMOKE:
Alaska/Northern Canada...
A large area of light to moderate density residual smoke attributed to the
numerous amount of large wildfires throughout Alaska and Northern Canada
continues to be seen today covering a widespread area from the western
edge of Alaska to the central region of Quebec. Areas of moderate to
thick density smoke were observed throughout Alaska, the Yukon Province,
the south-central Northwest Territories,  northeast British Columbia
and northwest Alberta. Localized thick density smoke attributed to the
larger fires located within eastern Alaska, central Yukon and northeast
British Columbia was observed moving east-northeastward in direction
into  the Northwest Territories.

Eastern United States/Atlantic Seaboard...
A large area of light density remnant smoke attributed to a combination of
smoke from several sources continue to be observed covering much of the
Eastern United States, including the Southeastern U.S. and the Atlantic
Seaboard. This combination of smoke is from large wildfires throughout
Alaska and Northwestern Canada, seasonal fire activity throughout the
Central United States and continuing smoke and aerosols emanating from
the Gulf of Mexico. The smoke was mostly moving eastward throughout
the Central and Eastern United States into the Atlantic Ocean as the
morning progressed.

California/Nevada/Utah/Colorado...
Two large wildfires located east of Fresno continue to produce a large
area of smoke moving east-northeast into southeastern Nevada. This area
of smoke extended east from southeastern Nevada into Utah and Colorado,
and slightly northeast into Wyoming. A patch of moderate smoke was seen
within the middle of this large area of light density smoke, beginning in
western Utah and extending to north-central Colorado. Localized moderate
to thick density smoke was seen emanating from the larger wildfire
located east of Fresno, CA, with moderate smoke dispersing from both
fires in opposite directions, creating a medium sized area of moderate
density smoke covering the areas surrounding Fresno.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Caribbean Sea/Central and Southern
Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean...
A large area of predominantly light to potentially moderate density smoke
attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout Central and
Southern Mexico and Central America was observed today from the Gulf
of Mexico, Central and Southern Mexico and into the Pacific Ocean off
the southwest coastline of Mexico. In this specific area within the
Pacific Ocean, smoke that has moved south along the West Coast from
the large area present in Alaska and Northern Canada and the Bering
Sea has also begun to mix with the areas of smoke and aerosols off the
southwest coast of Mexico. Cloud cover over Central America, the Yucatan
Peninsula and the Caribbean Sea prevented a more detailed analysis of the
smoke and aerosols throughout these regions, however, based on previous
observations it can be presumed that smoke and aerosols are present in
these areas but are shielded by cloud cover.

DUST:
A considerable amount of Saharan dust was observed today over the eastern
Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

Willkens

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