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. YL 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