Monday, July 4, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z July 5, 2022

SMOKE:
Western/Northern/Southern Canada, Central and Northern and Central U.S.,
Alaska:
An expansive area of varying density smoke was observed today, similar to
the past couple of days, extending from Alaska to eastern Canada. The
heaviest smoke exists over northern and central Alaska, where much
of the parent activity is. In addition to that activity, fires across
Northwest Territory, northeastern Alberta, and northwestern Saskatchewan
were producing moderate to thick smoke that was moving westward to
northwestward. As for remnant smoke...the stream is moving south over
northern Canada. The smoke then moves across British Columbia, where
the jet stream is moving the smoke eastward across southern Alberta,
southern Saskatchewan southern Manitoba, and southern Ontario. An area
of remnant smoke was also noted across the North Atlantic.

Central Sierras…
A recently ignited wildfire in the Central Sierras was observed producing
thick smoke. This smoke was moving north, west and southwest of Lake
Tahoe.


DUST:
Northwestern Arizona…
Blowing dust was observed being transported northeastward from the Red
Lake dry lake bed in northwestern Arizona.

North-central Utah…
An unnamed source central Utah west of Lake Utah was producing a small
plume of dust moving north-northeast over Salt Lake City.

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 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.