DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z July 7, 2022
SMOKE: Alaska/Northern and Western Canada... An expansive area of varying density smoke continues to be observed from Alaska to Greenland and eastern Canada. The thickest smoke now resides a little further east of where the thick smoke had settled in, now over northeastern Alaska, the Arctic, and the northern tier of Canadian Provinces. Smoke continues to be seen dropping south from the Arctic Ocean over northwestern Greenland and Baffin Bay. From there, the smoke is most concentrated along a band situated over Baffin Island to the Nunavut/Manitoba Border. This band is settling southward. The smoke then rounds the western and southwestern periphery of an upper low over Hudson Bay, which drags moderate density smoke across northern Manitoba, northern Ontario, central Quebec, and western Labrador. The smoke here could extend further eastward, but cloud cover obscures the leading edge. Further west, fire activity from central to northwestern Canada can be seen actively producing heavy smoke that is following a path around high pressure situated over north-central Canada. Some light remnant smoke is seen moving westward across northern British Columbia, while moderate smoke across northern Alberta and northwestern Saskatchewan is moving north into the Northwest Territory. Southeastern CONUS/Central Plains… Light density smoke, presumably remnant from the ongoing fire activity in Alaska and Canada, was observed across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys extending southwest across the ArkLaTex and southeast into Georgia and the Carolinas. Another, more well-defined area of light to perhaps moderate remnant smoke was also seen across central Oklahoma and central Kansas. Pacific coastal plain of Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of California… A light area of smoke, presumably from fire activity along the western coast of Mexico, was seen extending from the coastal areas southwest across Baja California and along the western periphery of Hurricane Bonnie, while the smoke also extends southeast along the Mexican coast. BLOWING DUST: Utah… A point source SW of Dugway was observed producing a continuous dust plume beginning around 14Z. This may have also produced some dust before sunrise. Further dust was seen being lofted from the southwest shoreline of the Great Salt Lake. Dust from both sources was observed moving north, with dust seen across the Great Salt Lake. Tropical Atlantic… A large area of Saharan Dust was observed moving slowly westward across the Atlantic Ocean and across much of the eastern and central 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