DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1400Z June 11, 2025
SMOKE: Canada/Central and Eastern United States/Atlantic Ocean/Europe... Wildfire activity through Central and western Canada continues to produce moderate-to-thick smoke extending westward over Northern Yukon and Central-Eastern Alaska and east-southeastward into the Northern Plains, Midwest, and Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic states, with higher concentrations found around Northeastern British Columbia and Central-Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Additional light-to-moderate density smoke emitted from those same wildfires in the previous days is also observed moving eastward across the Northern Atlantic and approaching the United Kingdom. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Northwestern Mexico-Pacific Ocean/Southwestern Gulf of America... Two separate areas of light smoke and aerosols, attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity, gas flaring, and industrial sources throughout central and southern Mexico was observed along the Southwestern Gulf of America and off the coastline of Northwestern Mexico south of the Bay of California. DUST: Northern Mexico... Blowing dust could be seen forming off dry land areas across Chihuahua state in Northern Mexico, dispersing to the southwest towards Southeastern Sonora and and Northeastern Sinaloa. Tropical Atlantic... Saharan Dust was observed blanketing the tropical Atlantic from Africa to the Eastern Caribbean. WS 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:http://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