Saturday, June 29, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0211Z June 29, 2024

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

Eastern United States/Atlantic Seaboard...
A large area of light density smoke continued to be observed covering much
of the southeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic, extending offshore
to the northeast. This 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
southern coast of Mexico and Gulf of Mexico.

California/Nevada...
Two large wildfires located east of Fresno continue to produce a large
area of smoke moving northeast into Nevada, and moderate smoke dispersing
from both fires in opposite directions around 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 northern Central America was observed today over the
Gulf of Mexico, Central and Southern Mexico and extending west into the
Pacific Ocean. 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.

DUST:
Saharan dust was observed today over the Atlantic Ocean, and a light
area has reached the eastern Caribbean Sea.

Mills

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