DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 7, 2023
SMOKE: Western Canada... Numerous very large wildfires over Alberta, portions of British Columbia and Saskatchewan were producing a large area of moderate to thick density smoke that was extending from central Alberta northwest through portions of northern British Columbia and into western and central portions of the Northwest Territories and the Yukon. This smoke is moving east in northern Canada reaching as far as Nunavut. Northern Plains of the United States and South Central Canada…. Previously mostly thin density smoke was seen extending from portions of the Northern Plains of the United States through south central Canada to the larger and higher density smoke from the wildfires over Alberta from yesterday’s analysis however, cloud cover over in the Northern U.S prevented further observations. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southeastern United States, Atlantic Ocean off of the southeast coast, Gulf of Mexico, Western Caribbean Islands, Western Caribbean Sea, Mexico, Northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of Northwestern Central America and Southwestern Mexico…. A very large area of thin to moderate density smoke from ongoing fire activity in Mexico and Central America was seen extending from the Atlantic Ocean off of the coast of the southeast coast west through the Southeastern, South Central, and the Central United States with moderate reaching southwest Iowa, Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Islands, western Caribbean Sea, Mexico, northwestern Central America and into the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of the northwestern Central America. Moderate density smoke was seen within this region as far north as southern Texas, much of the central and western Gulf of Mexico, southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean just offshore of northwestern Central America and southwest Mexico. Nguyen 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