DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1601Z July 7, 2023
SMOKE: Canada... Wildfires in the central Northwest Territories, southwestern British Columbia, and eastern-central Saskatchewan continued to burn and produced moderate-to-heavy density smoke this morning. Smoke plumes from the fires in the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan drifted southeastward over Manitoba and Ontario. Smoke from the fires in southwestern British Columbia drifted northeastward over Alberta. Fires in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador were also observed producing moderate-to-heavy density smoke plumes drifting northeastward and then southeastward. Moderate-to-heavy remnant smoke from the previous day's fire activity was also observed across the region. Southwestern U.S... Multiple wildfires, including the Ferris Fire, Gold Mountain Fire, and Aspen Acres Fire in Colorado, as well as the Babylon Fire in Utah, continued to burn this morning, producing moderate-to-heavy density smoke drifting northeastward and southward. A large area of light-density smoke covered the central CONUS and extended northeastward into South Dakota. Mexico/Central America/Gulf of America... A layer of light-density smoke from ongoing fire activity and remnant smoke from previous days was observed covering much of Mexico, extending along the Pacific coast of Mexico and drifting westward over the Pacific Ocean. The smoke also drifted northward across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec before extending into the Gulf of America. YL 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