DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z June 10, 2026
SMOKE: Northern and Western Mexico/Midwestern and Eastern CONUS/Central & Eastern Canada… Smoke from fire activity and remnant smoke from previous days produced an area of light-density smoke this morning that extended from off the Pacific Coast of Mexico, across the Great Plains and Midwestern United States, and further northward into Canada. Despite significant cloud cover in much of Canada, The smoke plume continued into most of northern Ontario and west-central Quebec. From there, the smoke was drawn south into the eastern United States, extending east into the Atlantic Ocean and southwest into the Gulf of America. Mexico… The layer of light-density smoke consisting of remnant smoke from yesterday’s fire activity and industrial emissions was observed along the Mexican Gulf Coast, extending northward into the western Gulf of America. Nebraska… A wildfire located in northwestern Nebraska was observed producing a light-to-heavy density smoke plume extending east-southeast across the state. GL 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