DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z July 05, 2026
SMOKE: Canada… Wildfire activity in the central Northwest Territories were observed producing generally moderate-to-heavy smoke this evening. Wildfires were also detected in northeast Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba; however, potential smoke plumes in the region were obscured by significant cloud cover. Smoke plumes in this region moved generally east-southeast before converging with another plume that was traveling west over the Hudson Bay. Fires in Ontario and Quebec were also observed producing individual heavy-to-moderate smoke plumes. An area of remnant heavy-density smoke was observed over eastern Nunavut, the Hudson Bay, and northern Quebec. The plume persisted over the region, with additional smoke sourced from today’s fires in Quebec. A larger area of moderate smoke stretched into the Northwestern Passages and the Labrador Sea. It contributed to a larger area of light smoke that moved south into the United States and merged with existing smoke, extending from the Midwest to the Atlantic Ocean. CONUS… Multiple wildfires continued to burn in southwestern CONUS this evening. Localized plumes of moderate-to-heavy density smoke spread from fires located in Utah and Colorado. A large area of light-density smoke, with contributions from Canada, extended southeast into Texas and Oklahoma. Mexico/Central America/Gulf of America…. A layer of light-density smoke from fire activity and remnant smoke from previous days was observed in southern Mexico and Central America, extending along the Mexican Pacific Coast before drifting west into the Pacific Ocean. The smoke also moved north across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec before extending into the Gulf of America. GL 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