DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0120Z July 2, 2022
SMOKE: Alaska, Western Canada, South-Central Canada... A very large area of light to heavy 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, and Saskatchewan. Within this area are area’s of moderate density smoke extending from the fire activity in western and central Alaska northeast into the Yukon and Northwest Territories and then southeast into northern British Columbia and central Alberta. Thick density smoke covered most of Alaska due to the large number of fires in the region, most were still releasing heavy density smoke as evening approached. Extensive cloud cover throughout our area of interest this evening prevented a more thorough smoke analysis this evening. Mexico, Western Gulf of Mexico, Central and Eastern United States... 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 the Gulf of Mexico north and northeast into Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, then extending northeast reaching up to western Kentucky. Extensive cloud cover throughout our area of interest this evening prevented a more thorough smoke analysis this evening. Atlantic Ocean south off Northeastern United States... An area of generally light density smoke was observed off the northeast coast of the U.S. south of New England and Nova Scotia 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 south of Hispaniola. 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