DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z July 10, 2022
SMOKE: Alaska/Northern, Central and Eastern Canada/Northern and Central Plains/Eastern U.S... An expansive area of varying density smoke continues to be observed extending from Alaska across most of northern and central Canada into eastern Canada and portions of the Northeastern United States. The thickest smoke extends across central and northeastern Alaska. In addition to that activity, 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. Light density smoke also extended south from central Canada into the Northern and Central Plains and then east through the Midwest and into the Eastern United States. California/Nevada/Utah... Three large wildfires were observed in northeastern California, northeastern Nevada, and southern-central Utah, respectively, producing moderate to thick density smoke moving toward northeast. Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Western Gulf of Mexico... An 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 across most of the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and through the northeastern Caribbean Islands and northeast Caribbean Sea. YL Alaska, Northern, Central and Eastern Canada, Northern and Central Plains extending east through the Midwest and into the Eastern United States... An expansive area of varying density smoke continues to be observed extending from Alaska across most of northern and central Canada into eastern Canada and portions of the Northeastern United States. The smoke also extended south from central Canada into the Northern and Central Plains and then east through the Midwest and into the Eastern United States. Within this area, moderate to high density smoke was seen extending across most of northern Alaska through most of northern Canada and southeast towards northern Ontario and western Quebec. The highest density smoke was seen over northern Alaska, the Northern Yukon and the northern Northwest Territories. Mexico, Western Gulf of Mexico, Southern Plains, Southeastern United States.. An area of light density smoke, from fire activity over the region over the past few days combined with smoke from the Alaskan and western Canada fires, was seen extending from eastern Mexico north through the western Gulf of Mexico and into the Southern Plains extending east through the Gulf Coast states and Southeastern United States and into the western Atlantic Ocean. BLOWING DUST: Tropical Atlantic… A large area of Saharan Dust was observed across most of the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and through the northeastern Caribbean Islands and northeast Caribbean Sea. Hanna 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