DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z July 5, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/U.S./Atlantic... Wildfire activity persists across Canada, with activity throughout west-central and northwestern Canada, northwestern Ontario, and Quebec. The thickest smoke continues to emanate from the wildfire activity in Quebec, where very thick smoke is being drawn northeastward across northern Quebec then east across northern Labrador, Davis Strait, and Labrador Sea. Some of this smoke is then being picked up by a trough over the St. Lawrence River Valley and moved west then southwest across southern Labrador and southern Quebec into southeastern Ontario and into the northeastern CONUS. Smoke emanating from the activity across northwestern Ontario also was moving northeastward across Hudson Bay. Emitted smoke from fire activity throughout western Canada was moving mainly eastward to southeastward, with the exception being smoke from fires across the Northwestern Territory that was moving northwestward. One ribbon of light to moderate smoke was observed over the Yukon/Northwest Territory border across British Columbia and into eastern Washington State and northern Idaho, extending eastward across the Northern Plains and over Ontario. Mexico... Seasonal fire activity along the eastern coastlines of Mexico was contributing light smoke across those regions. Rodriguez 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