DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 6, 2021
SMOKE: Alaska/Western and Central Canada… Wildfires across Alaska and British Columbia are helping to produce a large area of light to moderate density remnant smoke that extends from Alaska and southern British Columbia and northern Washington State into the Yukon and Northwest Territories. From there, the smoke extends east and east-southeastward across Nunavut, northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, far northwestern Ontario, and into Hudson Bay. The thickest smoke was seen moving across central Yukon into west-central Northwest Territory. Active smoke emissions of varying density were observed across British Columbia, Alaska, and the Manitoba/Ontario border region. Smoke from these areas was generally moving eastward across southern British Columbia, drifting north-northwestward over central British Columbia, east to northeast across northeastern Alaska, and southwestward across the Manitoba/Ontario border region. Eastern CONUS/Southeastern Canada/Northwest Atlantic… A layer of thin to moderate density remnant smoke was observed blanketing much of the eastern CONUS, southern Ontario, southern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and out into the North Atlantic. The parent fire activity for this smoke is the wildfire activity across the Manitoba/Ontario border. A frontal system has allowed for the detachment of this area of smoke from the active smoke emissions from that fire activity. Pacific Northwest… One wildfire in southeastern Oregon and one located in northern Idaho were both observed producing moderate to, at times, thick smoke. Smoke from the fire in Oregon was moving west-southwestward towards and approaching the Pacific Coast, while the smoke from the fire in Idaho was moving generally toward the north. Remnant smoke from the Idaho fire was observed as far east as south-central Montana and northwestern Wyoming. Mexico… Light density smoke was observed across the western shore of the Bay of Campeche, likely the result of gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche as well as agricultural burning across Mexico and Central America. The smoke was only slowly drifting northward. Dust: Eastern Caribbean... A thin layer of Saharan dust could be seen traveling westward across the tropical Atlantic and encroaching upon the Windward Islands of the Caribbean. Hosley 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 GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/ KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire) http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke) ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov