DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z June 9, 2026
SMOKE: Northern and Western Mexico/Eastern CONUS/Much of Central & Eastern Canada... A conglomeration of remnant smoke from previous days has helped to produce a sprawling area of light density smoke that extends from off the Pacific Coast of Mexico to Quebec and the Canadian Rockies. Light smoke was seen across the western coast of Mexico (from widespread fire activity there yesterday) traveling northward across the Four Corners region into the Front Range and the Great Plains. From there, some of the smoke was being drawn northeastward into central and eastern Canada. Also contributing to smoke across eastern and central Canada is an area of smoke across northeastern British Columbia and extending eastward around the southern periphery of a cyclone over the NWT/Nunavut/SK/MB Four Corners region, where it meets smoke from the southern stream. There is also likely some smoke contributions from the central CONUS and southeastern CONUS, from where the smoke move out over the Atlantic Ocean. Some isolated light smoke production is also seen scattered across northeastern Manitoba and far northwestern Ontario, moving northeastward. Hosley 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