DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1731Z 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 this morning, 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 in every direction spreading out over the vast area. 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 northern Alberta, most of Saskatchewan, most of Manitoba, and western Ontario. California/Central Sierras... A recently ignited wildfire in the Central Sierras was observed producing light to thick smoke as it emerged from darkness this morning. This smoke was moving south I direction into southern California. Mexico, Western Gulf of Mexico, Central and Eastern United States... A large area of mostly light density smoke, from a combination of recent fire activity over the central and eastern United States, Mexico and large contributions from the wildfires in Alaska and western Canada was seen extending from portions of the western Gulf of Mexico , east Mexico, into Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and north into South Dakota. this mass extends east and begins to narrow due to cloud cover and extends through the Virginia/North Carolina coastal region and out over the Atlantic Ocean. 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