DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z July 8, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/U.S./Atlantic... Wildfire activity continued across Canada through central and northeastern British Columbia, northern and central Alberta, south-central Northwest Territories, central Ontario, and northwestern Quebec. Light density smoke extends across a very large area from eastern Alaska east into the Territories and the rest of Canada and then into the North Atlantic. In the U.S., light density smoke cover most of the area with the exception of the southwestern United States. Within the large area of smoke, several areas of moderate density smoke were seen, with the largest covering western Canada and extending south into parts of the northern U.S states of Montana and the Dakotas. Another areas of moderate smoke were seen in eastern Canada (parts of Ontario and western Quebec), over New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and northern-central Atlantic Ocean. Regions of thick density smoke were observed over most of British Columbia and Alberta, as well as western Ontario. These areas of thick density smoke were located closer to the source of the intense wildfire activity. Arizona... Several wildfires located in northern Arizona continue to produce light to moderate density smoke plumes moving northeast across the state, with some of the plumes beginning to enter southern Nevada. Southern Gulf of Mexico... A reported fire from an offshore oil platform located in the Bay of Campeche was seen producing a large light density smoke plume moving westward across the Gulf of Mexico. DUST: A thin area of Saharan Dust was detected across the tropical Atlantic and extending into the eastern/central Caribbean Sea. NGUYEN 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 map: https://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