DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z July 7, 2023
SMOKE: Canada... Wildfires in the central Northwest Territories, southwestern British Columbia, northeastern Saskatchewan, and northwestern Manitoba continued to burn and produced moderate-to-heavy density smoke this evening. 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, which drifted northeastward and then southeastward, ultimately reaching the Atlantic Ocean. Southwestern U.S... Multiple wildfires, including the Ferris, Doe Canyon, Gold Mountain, and Aspen Acres Fires in Colorado, as well as the Babylon Fire in Utah, continued to burn this evening, producing moderate-to-heavy density smoke, which drifted northeastward and southward. A large area of light-density smoke covered the central CONUS and extended northeastward towards Canada, ultimately merging with the smoke from that region. The smoke also extended southward towards Mexico. Mexico/Baja California… A small layer of light-density smoke from ongoing fire activity and remnant smoke from previous days was observed over northwestern Mexico and Baja California. The smoke also drifted southwestward into the Pacific Ocean. Hernandez 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