Saturday, June 29, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1805Z June 29, 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
Bering Sea and western edge of Alaska to the north-central region of
Quebec. Areas of moderate to thick density smoke were observed throughout
Alaska, the Yukon Province, the Northwest Territories, northeast British
Columbia and northwest Alberta. Localized moderate and thick density
smoke attributed to the larger fires located within eastern Alaska,
central Yukon, northeast British Columbia and northern Alberta was seen
blowing northeastward in direction into the Northwest Territories before
moving southwestward towards British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska.

Central and Eastern United States/Atlantic Seaboard...
A large area of light density remnant smoke attributed to a combination
of smoke 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 continues to be
seen covering a large portion of the Central and Northeastern United
States. This area of light density smoke was observed dispersing eastward
off the East Coast of the U.S. into the Atlantic Ocean as the morning
progressed, staying relatively close to the shores.

California/Nevada...
Two large wildfires located east of Fresno, CA, continue to produce a
large area of smoke moving north-northeast into Nevada. This area of smoke
extends southeast from the north-central border of Nevada where Oregon
and Idaho meet, into the northwest corner of Utah. Localized moderate
density smoke was seen emanating from both fires and was dispersing 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 moderate amount of Saharan dust was observed this morning over the
Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Caribbean Sea.

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