DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1720Z July 2, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/U.S./Atlantic... The major wildfires across portions of Canada continued producing a very large area of thin density smoke over much of Canada and extending to the south over the central and southeastern U.S. The smoke also extended well off the east coasts of Canada and the U.S. into parts of the western and central Atlantic Ocean. Within this area, a large area of moderate density was found over much of central and southern Canada and extending from the Mississippi Valley to northern New England. Heavy density smoke areas were detected over far southern Northwest Territories/Nunavut and northern British Columbia/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba. Heavy density smoke areas were also detected over northern Ontario/Quebec. Cloud cover made it difficult to determine the full extent of the smokes. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Bay of Campeche... Plumes and aerosols associated with gas flaring activity of oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche were seen spreading to the west and northwest over the Bay of Campeche. DUST: A thin area of Saharan Dust was detected across the tropical Atlantic and extending into the eastern Caribbean Sea. 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