DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z July 8, 2022
SMOKE: Alaska/Northern and Western Canada... An expansive area of varying density smoke continues to be observed from Alaska to eastern Canada. The thickest smoke extended from northeastern Alaska to central of the Northwest Territory. Light density smoke extended from Alaska through western Baffin Island then south through the Hudson Bay and then towards western Ontario bordering Lake Superior through cloud cover before rounding northeastward through parts of northern Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan, and northern Alberta. Moderate dense smoke engulfs in the similar area as the light density smoke mass but it does not extend as far into Ontario. Patches of heavier dense smoke was spread throughout northern Canada and the Northwest Territories, contributing to the expansive area of smoke throughout the region. Southeastern CONUS/Mid-West... Light density smoke, presumably remnant from the ongoing fire activity in Alaska and Canada, was observed across the south-central Midwest bordering Iowa and Missouri and extending southwest across the ArkLaTex and southeast into Alabama. The smoke may extend further east but cloud cover obscures the most of the Southeastern U.S. Pacific coastal plain of Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Western Gulf of Mexico... A light area of smoke, presumably from fire activity along the western coast of Mexico, was seen extending from the Pacific coast of Mexico into the southern tip of Baja California while also extending southeast along the Mexican coast. Another area of mixed with remnant and light density smoke was observed over in the Western Gulf of Mexico, likely due to fire activity in Mexico and some contributions of remnant smoke from the U.S BLOWING DUST: Tropical Atlantic… A large area of Saharan Dust was observed moving slowly westward across the Atlantic Ocean and across much of the eastern and central Caribbean. 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