DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z June 11, 2025
SMOKE: Canada/Yukon/Northwest Territories/Central and Eastern United States/Atlantic Ocean/Newfoundland... Wildfire activity throughout western and central Canada continues to produce light-to-moderate density smoke extending across most of Canada, Yukon and the southern half of the Northwest Territories, central and east CONUS, the Atlantic Ocean, and over Newfoundland. The moderate density smoke was observed to be concentrated over western and central Canada. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/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 western coastline of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula into the Bay of Campeche, and the eastern coastline of Mexico drifting into the Gulf of America. DUST: Northern Mexico... Blowing dust could be seen forming off dry land areas across Chihuahua state in Northern Mexico, dispersing to the west towards Southeastern Sonora. Tropical Atlantic... Saharan Dust was observed blanketing the tropical Atlantic from Africa to the Eastern Caribbean. Ferrante 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