DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z June 22, 2026
SMOKE: Northwest Territories/Yukon/Alaska/British Columbia… Several fires in the Northwest Territories continued to burn today, producing moderate-to-heavy density smoke that spread through the central and western Northwest Territories. A lingering layer of light-density smoke spread in all directions across the region, traveling into Yukon, Nunavut, and British Columbia. Southwestern U.S/Great Plains… The Iron fire, located south of Salt Lake City, produced heavy-density smoke that drifted east across Utah, while medium-density smoke continued eastward, ultimately reaching northern Colorado and southwest Wyoming. The Grapevine and Kane Springs fires in southeast Nevada produced heavy-to-medium density smoke plumes that spread into central Utah. A large layer of light-density smoke from these fires was observed covering much of the Great Plains, ultimately reaching central Nebraska and Kansas. Pacific Northwest… The Garred Road Fire in central Washington produced heavy-to-moderate density smoke plumes that drifted southward. Other individual fires in southern Washington, eastern Oregon, and western Idaho produced localized light-to-heavy density smoke plumes. An area of light-density smoke was observed covering central and southern Washington. Northern Mexico… Individual smoke plumes in Chihuahua produced localized light-density smoke. A fire in northern Baja California produced light-to-moderate density smoke that was observed drifting northeast into southern California. Northwestern and Southeastern Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America… Individual plumes from a fire in Tabasco produced localized medium-to-heavy density smoke. A large area of light-density remnant smoke from previous days, as well as smoke from industrial sources and fire activity, was observed over the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The smoke dispersed into the Bay of Campeche, the central Gulf, over Northwestern Mexico, and southwards into the Pacific Ocean. Quebec… A fire in western Quebec was observed producing light-to-medium density smoke drifting eastward, while a larger fire north of the Grande Riviere Reservoir produced localized light-to-heavy density smoke plumes. Dominican Republic… A large fire near the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic was observed producing a plume of light-to-heavy smoke that drifted northwest over Haiti and the Gulf de la Gonave. Marrs/Ling 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