DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0034Z July 30, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Atlantic Ocean/Northern Mexico/Pacific Ocean off the U.S. West Coast/Northern Gulf of Mexico… Heavy, dense smoke from fires in northwestern Canada was observed across northern Alberta and British Columbia, as well as much of Northwest Territory and the Yukon. Moderate smoke extended from eastern Alaska and northern Nunavut and southeast into western Ontario. Additional moderate smoke, presumed to be mostly from the same fires, was observed across southeastern U.S. The area of light smoke extended from Eastern Alaska across all Canada and much of the U.S. except California, Nevada, and smaller portions of the mountain west. This area also extended down into the Eastern Pacific ocean off the coast of southwest U.S and western Mexico and along western Canada, the northern Atlantic Ocean, and the coastal regions of northern Mexico, where it mixed with smoke from various sources and probable remnant Saharan dust that were adding to the amount of total aerosol over the Gulf of Mexico. Pacific Northwest… Several fires in the region, notably in western Oregon, central Idaho, and western Montana, were observed to be producing smoke plumes of up to heavy density. The smoke remained localized to the region and cloud cover obscured the full extent of smoke in the region throughout the day. Southern California… A large fire in southern California was producing a large light density smoke plume which moved northeastward into southeastern Las Vegas but cloud cover obscured the full extent of smoke in the region throughout the day. Eglin 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