DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z July 6, 2022

SMOKE:
Alaska/Northern and Western Canada/Gulf of Alaska:
An expansive area of varying density smoke was produced from intensive
wildfires across Alaska, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territory. The
smoke was observed extending from Alaska across the Arctic Ocean and
settling south and east over Nunavut and the Northwest Territory. Some
of this smoke was being drawn south across northwestern Saskatchewan,
northern Alberta, and northern British Columbia before re-entering Alaska
and the Gulf of Alaska. One stream of thicker smoke was also being drawn
east-southeast across extreme northeastern Manitoba, Hudson Bay, extreme
northern Ontario, and northwestern Quebec. The exact extent of this stream
is uncertain due to cloud cover obscuring the leading edge. Remnant smoke
was also observed over the Intermountain West into the northern Plains,
the southeastern CONUS and Ohio Valley, and over the North Atlantic,
arcing from just offshore of northern Nova Scotia to the southern tip
of Greenland.

Western Mexico/Pacific Ocean...
Smoke was observed along the coastal plain of northwestern Mexico,
the Gulf of California, Baja California, and out into the Pacific Ocean
around the northwestern and western periphery of Hurricane Bonnie. The
parent fire activity is likely some seasonal burning along the northwest
coast of Mexico.


BLOWING DUST:
Tropical Atlantic…
A large area of Saharan Dust was observed moving slowly westward across
the Atlantic Ocean and across parts of the eastern 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 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.