DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0101Z June 29, 2022
SMOKE: Alaska, Yukon, and Northwestern Territories... A large area of light to moderate density smoke, attributed mainly to wildfires burning in portions of western and central Alaska and northwestern Canada, was visible stretching from southwestern Alaska through eastern Alaska and to the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Pockets of moderate to heavy density smoke stretched across western Northwest Territories. Heavier density smoke was visible through cloud cover near the sources of the wildfires throughout Alaska and the Northwest Territories. Northern and Central U.S, Southern Canada... An area of light density smoke most likely due to wildfires throughout Canada and fire activity in the region was observed progressing relatively eastward, extending through the south-central U.S., northeastern through Michigan and into southeastern Canada, DUST: Blowing Dust: An area of light to moderate blowing dust was observed moving northeast from southeastern Oregon and northwestern Nevada with some thick swaths of dust kicking up around Black Rock Desert and Smoke Creek Desert in northwestern Nevada. 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