DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1620Z July 1, 2022
SMOKE: Alaska, Western Canada, South Central Canada... A very large area of smoke, attributed mainly to the wildfires burning in portions of western and central Alaska and northwestern Canada, was seen stretching northeast from western and central Alaska through the Yukon and Northwest Territories and then extending southeast through British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest of the United States. Within this area there are a number of areas of moderate density smoke those being an area extending from the fire activity in western and central Alaska northeast into the Yukon and Northwest Territories and also from Alberta through Saskatchewan and into North Dakota. The highest density smoke was seen covering much of Alaska into the Yukon. Mexico, Western Gulf of Mexico, Southern Plains, Central and Eastern United States, Atlantic Ocean south of New England…. A large area of mostly light density smoke, from a combination of fire activity over the central and eastern United States, Mexico and contributions from the wildfires in Alaska and western Canada was seen extending from portions of Mexico north and northeast into the New Mexico, Arizona and the Southern Plains and extending northeast through the Central and Eastern United States to New England and the Atlantic Ocean south of New England. Pacific Northwest…. A narrow area of light density smoke, from the fire activity over Alaska, was seen over Washington and northern Oregon and then extending out into the northeast Pacific Ocean. DUST: Caribbean Sea... An area of Saharan Dust was seen over the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and extending into portions of the northeastern Caribbean Islands and into the eastern Caribbean Sea. 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