DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0240Z July 10, 2023
SMOKE: Canada, United States, Northern Mexico, Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean... The wildfire activity continues in Canada scattered from the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia and extending to the east and southeast across the southern tier of Canada to west central Quebec. The most numerous area of wildfires were seen over west central Quebec, and especially over the northern half of British Columbia and Alberta, along with the southwest part of the Northwest Territories. A large area of light density smoke primarily from the Canadian fires had spread across much of Canada and the United States as well as northern Mexico including the Baja, some of the northeastern Pacific off the coastal portions of western Canada and the northwestern United States, and over much of the northern and central Atlantic. A very large area of high density smoke extended over a significant part of northwestern and western Canada and extended from there to the southeast across south central Canada and over some of the north central United States. Farther to the east, some thicker smoke was seen over central and northern Quebec. DUST: Caribbean Region and the Western Atlantic Ocean… An area of Saharan Dust was seen extending from the far southeastern Gulf of Mexico and the northwestern Caribbean Sea to off the east coast of Florida. The western edge of a larger area of Saharan dust was seen extending through the eastern 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