DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z June 9, 2026
SMOKE: Northern and Western Mexico/Midwestern and Eastern CONUS/Central & Eastern Canada… A conglomeration of remnant smoke from previous days produced a sprawling area of light density smoke this evening that extended from off the Pacific Coast of Mexico, across the Great Plains and Midwestern United States, and further northward into Canada. The remnant plume of light smoke continued into central Saskatchewan, was well as most of Manitoba and Ontario. From there, the smoke was drawn in an east-southeast direction back into the eastern United States, extending from the southeast into the Atlantic Ocean for nearly 1,200 miles. The smoke boundary also extended westward from the Gulf Coast states and the Mexican coast, where an area of medium-density smoke was observed over the Bay of Campeche traveling southwards over the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Manitoba/Ontario… In addition to the regional plume of light smoke, significant wildfires produced medium-to-heavy smoke across Manitoba and Ontario this evening. A few of these fires were located in west-central Manitoba near the border of Saskatchewan. These fires produced individual heavy-density smoke that traveled east-northeast. Another fire located in northeastern Manitoba near the border of Ontario was observed producing heavy-density smoke that extended into the Hudson Bay. Finally, a large fire located in west-central Ontario produced heavy-density thick smoke that traveled east, blanketing a large portion of the region. California… Scattered fires north of the Bay Area and in the Central Valley were observed producing individual light-density plumes this evening. Gaskill 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