DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 3, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/U.S./Atlantic… Wildfire activity persists across Canada, continuing to feed an expansive area of varying density smoke that blankets an area covering nearly all of Canada, the eastern 3/5 of the CONUS, much of the North Atlantic, and parts of Greenland. Light smoke from a combination of wildfire and agricultural fire sources across Mexico and Central America, perhaps with some minor amounts of industrially produced aerosol included, was also observed across much of Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico and extending out into the tropical Pacific. The smoke from this activity was merging with the Canadian wildfire smoke across the southeastern CONUS. The thickest smoke continues to be produced by wildfire activity in eastern Canada, residing across central Quebec with some intrusion across the Newfoundland border. Another area of thick smoke was remnant and residing over far northern Ontario extending out over Hudson By. This thick smoke was very likely produced from a wildfire in northwestern Ontario, from which it moved north-northeastward overnight. DUST: Tropical Atlantic/Northern Caribbean/Bahamas… Saharan Dust was observed extending across the Atlantic and northern Caribbean south of about 25N. The dust was seen over the Greater Antilles into the Bahamas and perhaps even over or just off the Atlantic side of Florida. Hosley 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