DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0041Z July 11, 2023

SMOKE:
Canada, United States, Northern Mexico, Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific
Ocean...
Wildfire activity continues to burn across Canada, from the Yukon to
Quebec. The thickest smoke was observed over much of western Canada
extending east-southeastward across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana, North
Dakota, Minnesota, far northern Wisconsin, the UP of Michigan, Ontario and
into Quebec, where the smoke meets up with smoke from ongoing activity
there. The smoke from that activity extends northward across northern
Quebec and Hudson Bay. An area of thicker remnant smoke was observed
over the North Atlantic south of Greenland as well. The light smoke was
extending as far east as Europe and as far west as Alaska. Across the
Gulf of Mexico and portions of the central and eastern North Atlantic,
Saharan Dust may also be present with smoke over those locations.

DUST:
Caribbean Region and the Western Atlantic Ocean…
A robust area of Saharan Dust was seen extending from the African Coast
to the western Caribbean and Central America, mainly south of 25N. A
separate area of Saharan Dust may be seen extending from Bermuda to
Florida and across the Gulf of Mexico and across central and southern
Mexico just over the coastline into the Pacific Ocean. This separate area
could also be constituted of a mix of smoke along with the Saharan Dust.

Eglin

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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.