DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0101Z July 10, 2021

SMOKE:
Canada...
Wildfires across the Manitoba/Ontario border region and British Columbia
continue to produce moderate to thick smoke that is helping to produce
a large area of light to moderate density smoke that blankets nearly
the entirety of Canada from British Columbia and the Pacific Ocean to
Newfoundland the the Labrador Sea. A band of thick smoke starts in British
Columbia and extends eastward through Central Canada and combines with
the Manitoba/Ontario border region smoke ending in Quebec. A new area
of fire activity has popped up over northern Saskatchewan producing
moderate to heavy smoke plumes moving southeast in direction.

Pacific Northwest, Northern USA, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans...
Wildfires across northern California, Oregon, and Idaho are still
producing moderate to thick smoke. The smoke from these fires was seen
extending into the eastern USA contributing to the huge area of smoke
covering the northern USA from cost to coast as well as off the coasts
in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Arizona...
In eastern Arizona a light to moderate density smoke plume attributed
to wildfires was observed moving south-southeast in direction.


BLOWING DUST:
Central and Eastern Caribbean...
A layer of moderate density to thick Saharan dust could be seen traveling
into the western portion of the Caribbean Sea.

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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

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.