DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z June 23, 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 Colorado and southwest Wyoming. The Grapevine and Kane Springs fires in southeast Nevada produced 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 western Kansas. Northwestern and Southeastern Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America… 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. Dominican Republic… A large fire near the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic was observed producing a plume of light-to-moderate smoke that drifted northwest over Haiti and the Gulf de la Gonave. Meyer 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