DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z June 19, 2026
SMOKE: Southwestern U.S… Scattered fires in Nevada, Utah, and Arizona were observed producing light-to-heavy density smoke plumes drifting north to northeastward. A small area of remnant light-density smoke was observed over central California. Florida… Several fires in southern Florida were observed producing light-to-heavy density smoke drifting north to eastward. Caribbean… Several fires in the Dominican Republic and northern Bahamas were observed producing light-to-moderate density smoke drifting to the northwest to northeast. Northwest Territories… Several fires in the Northwest Territories were observed producing moderate-to-heavy density smoke drifting southward. A large area of remnant light-density smoke was observed across northwestern Canada and extending into northeastern Alaska. Western and southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America… An area of light-density smoke consisting of remnant smoke from previous days and smoke from industrial sources and fire activity spread across the northwestern coast of the mainland over the Gulf of California and southern Baja. Moderate-density smoke concentrated around the Bay of Campeche and dispersed into the Gulf of America as well as overland to the south and west into the Pacific Ocean. Light-density smoke in the Gulf of America followed the coast north reaching Texas and Louisiana, and east over the Yucatan and Cuba and extending northeast into the Atlantic Ocean. Monaghan 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