DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z July 01, 2026
SMOKE: North America… Widespread active fire activity was observed across central Canada and across extreme west-central Quebec southeast to south-southeast of James Bay, with more isolated activity across the Northwest Territory. A separate area of scattered wildfire activity was also observed across the Four Corners states. Smoke from these fires, and active fires from the previous week or two, was contributing to an area of varying density smoke that was blanketing an area covering much of northern, central, and eastern Canada, the central and eastern CONUS, and the northern Atlantic Ocean. Smoke emanating from fire activity across central Canada is moving generally westward and being incorporated into the expansive layer over northern Alberta and southwestern Northwest Territory. From there, smoke is generally moving eastward to the Davis Strait. As for smoke over the north-central CONUS that has its origins in the Four Corners wildfire activity, that smoke is moving east-northeastward and merging with the northern stream of smoke over Labrador. Some smoke is being drawn southward off Newfoundland thanks to a cyclone just southeast of the entrance to Davis Strait. Other smoke is being further drawn out towards Iceland and the British Isles. Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean... Some light to perhaps moderate density smoke was seen across the mountainous terrain of southern/southwestern Mexico and offshore over the tropical Eastern Pacific. Hosley 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:http://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