Friday, July 8, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z July 9, 2022

SMOKE:
Alaska/Northern and Western Canada...
An expansive area of varying density smoke continues to be observed
extending from Alaska to eastern Canada and the southeastern CONUS. The
thickest smoke extends across central and northeastern Alaska. In
addition, fires across Yukon and Northwest Territory were producing
moderate to thick smoke that was moving in every direction spreading out
over the vast area across Yukon and Northwest Territory into far western
Nunavut. Moderate density smoke was observed moving east-southeast along
the Manitoba and Ontario shorelines with Hudson Bay. Light density smoke
extends into Quebec, but any further analysis is obscured by cloud
cover. Light smoke also extends southeast from the Prairie Provinces
across the Great Plains, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and southeast CONUS. The
light density smoke across the southeastern CONUS is remnant in nature and
contributions from other minor fire activity that may be present as well.

Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Western Gulf of Mexico...
A large area of mostly light density smoke, presumably from fire activity
along the western coast of Mexico, was seen extending from the Pacific
coast of Mexico into the southern tip of Baja California and further
southwest towards the eastern periphery of Hurricane Bonnie while also
extending southeast along the Mexican coast. Another area of light
density smoke was observed over in the western Gulf of Mexico, likely
due to fire activity in eastern Mexico coupled with gas flaring activity
in the Bay of Campeche.

BLOWING DUST:
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.

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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.