DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z June 23, 2026
SMOKE: Northwest Territories/Yukon/Alaska/British Columbia/Alberta… Several fires in the Northwest Territories continued to burn this evening, 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, northeastern British Columbia and central Alberta. Saskatchewan… A fire located in central Saskatchewan near the border of Manitoba produced heavy-density smoke that traveled westward. An area of remnant light-density smoke was also observed further to the west. Quebec… Multiple fires across central and western Quebec were observed producing medium-to-heavy density smoke plumes this evening. Southwestern U.S/Great Plains/Mississippi Valley/Atlantic Ocean… The Iron fire, located south of Salt Lake City, produced heavy-density smoke that drifted east across Utah and continued into western and central Colorado, while medium density smoke continued across the Great Plains, ultimately reaching Kansas and northwestern Oklahoma. The Grapevine and Kane Springs fires in southeast Nevada produced medium density smoke plumes that continued to spread into central Utah this evening. A large layer of light-density smoke from these fires stretched from eastern Nevada across the Great Plains, reaching as far north as central Minnesota and as far south as Mississippi. The smoke plume was also influenced by a weather system disturbance over Oklahoma and Arkansas that shifted the direction of light-density smoke further southeast, extending across the southeastern U.S and ultimately continuing offshore into the Atlantic Ocean. Florida… Multiple fires west of Lake Okeechobee produced light-to-medium density smoke plumes this evening. Smoke was also observed further north in central Florida extending eastward into the Atlantic Ocean. Northwestern and Southeastern Mexico/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 southern Mexico and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The smoke dispersed into the Bay of Campeche, continuing into the central Gulf. Light-density smoke was also observed over Northwestern Mexico, continuing southwards into the Pacific Ocean. Dominican Republic/Cuba… 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. 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