Wednesday, July 6, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z July 7, 2022

SMOKE:
Alaska/Northern and Western Canada...
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 through 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 through the parts of Yukon. A large mass of denser
smoke ranging from moderate to heavy was more concentrated throughout
the Northwest Territory and western Nunavut followed by patches of heavy
density smoke closer to the source of the wildfires. One stream of thicker
smoke was also being drawn east-southeast across extreme northeastern
Manitoba while the light and moderate dense smoke extending pass through
Manitoba and Hudson Bay and into minor parts of western Quebec before
cloud cover came over the region.


Western Atlantic Ocean...
Remnant smoke from the wildfires in Canada and Alaska was observed over
in the Western Atlantic ocean moving south  just off the coast of the
southeast U.S, with the smoke extending from Virginia to Florida in size.


Western Gulf of Mexico...
Smoke was observed along the western Gulf of Mexico with fire activity
most likely from seasonal burning within 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.

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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 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.