DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z July 11, 2023
SMOKE: Canada, United States, Northern Mexico, Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean... Wildfire activity continues across Canada, from the Yukon to Quebec. The highest density smoke was seen extending from British Columbia and the Yukon east and southeast into the Northwest Territories and Alberta. Further to the southeast, an area of moderate density smoke extended from Saskatchewan and Manitoba southeast into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest of the United States. An area of moderate density smoke, associated with the fire activity over Quebec, was extending northeast into portions of northern Quebec. The area of lighter density smoke extended across all of the North Atlantic Ocean and was seen as far east as portions of western Europe. DUST: Caribbean Region and the Western Atlantic Ocean… An area of Saharan Dust was seen over the western Caribbean Sea and extending northeast through most of the western and northeastern Caribbean Islands. Hanna 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