DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0220Z July 6, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/U.S./Atlantic/Pacific Ocean... Wildfire activity persists across Canada, with activity throughout west-central and northwestern Canada, northwestern Ontario, and Quebec. The thickest smoke emanating from the wildfire activity in Quebec in earlier analysis was unable to be fully observed due to heavy cloud cover over most of eastern Canada. Parts of the thick smoke was seen over northwestern Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador. Emitted moderate smoke from fire activity throughout western Canada was moving mainly eastward to southeastward. The moderate smoke was observed engulfing much of western Canada, parts of the Northwestern Territories and Nunavut, and the northern U.S. Within the northern U.S, the moderate smoke seemed to funneled through the northern U.S states of Montana,the Dakotas, Minnesota and later into parts of Ontario due to weather conditions. This area of moderate smoke also extended into parts of the Pacific Ocean, just west off the coast of Washington and Oregon. Thick density smoke was observed from the wildfires in western Canada, covering much of Alberta and parts of western British Columbia. The larger area of light density smoke, contributing from wildfire activity throughout Canada, the U.S, and parts of Mexico, engulfed all of the U.S and Canada as well as parts of the Arctic and northern Atlantic Ocean. Arizona... Several wildfires within Arizona was seen producing moderate to thick density smoke plumes. These smoke plumes were seen moving northeast across the state, with parts of the moderate density smoke from the wildfire located in northern Arizona moving in parts of southern Nevada. Mexico... Seasonal fire activity along the eastern coastlines of Mexico was contributing light smoke across those regions. Most of the light smoke was difficult to observed due to cloud cover and weather conditions in these areas. Some of this smoke may be contributing to the overall smoke engulfing most of the U.S. 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