DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z July 6, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/U.S./Atlantic... Wildfire activity persists across Canada, especially in central and northeastern British Columbia, northern and central Alberta, south-central Northwest Territories, central Ontario, and northeastern Quebec. Emissions from those wildfires continued to feed a large plume of predominantly light density smoke covering nearly all of Canada, much of the CONUS except Alaska and portions of southwest, and parts of the northwestern Atlantic. Within this area, a large area of moderate density smoke was found over west-central Northwest Territories, eastern British Columbia, northern and central Albert, and central Saskatchewan. Heavy density smoke areas were detected over northern and eastern British Columbia, northern and central Albert, and central Saskatchewan. In addition, moderate and thick density smoke from wildfires in Quebec was seen dispersing eastward across Canada and extending over the northern Atlantic. 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