DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z July 5, 2024
SMOKE: Alaska/Canada/Eastern United States/Gulf of Mexico... A large area of light smoke attributed to numerous wildfires throughout Alaska and Northern Canada continues to be seen today covering the area from the Bering Sea east over Canada, through the Labrador Sea and reaching Greenland. Light smoke extended further south on the eastern side of the continent and offshore Atlantic, covering most of the eastern United States, Gulf States, and east coast of Mexico and the western Gulf of Mexico. Large concentrated fires throughout central Alaska, the Northwest Territories, northeast British Columbia and northern Alberta continue to produce moderate to thick density smoke that can be seen throughout central Canada. The smoke upon reaching south, mingled with smoke produce the large wildfires in the western U.S, where it engulfed most of the southwestern U.S and California. Cloud cover in the region prevented further detailed analysis. California/Arizona/New Mexico... An area of remnant smoke from multiple fires in California continued moving east and covered most of central and southern California, southern Arizona and New Mexico. The smoke later combined with the smoke over the Eastern U.S that was produced from the large wildfires in Alaska and Canada. 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