DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z July 8, 2026
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 morning. A regional layer of heavy-density smoke spanned across much of the Northwest Territories before extending eastward into Nunavut. A more extensive layer of moderate-density smoke moved westward towards Yukon and southeastward over Saskatchewan and Manitoba, mixing with the smoke plumes generated by the wildfires in the region before drifting into Ontario. Despite significant cloud coverage, smoke from the fires in southwestern British Columbia was observed drifting 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 morning, producing an area of light-to-moderate density smoke, which drifted northeastward towards the Midwestern United States and southward into Mexico. The smoke soon merged with the broader layer of smoke extending southward from eastern Canada, dispersing across much of eastern CONUS before drifting into the Atlantic Ocean. Mexico/Baja California… A small layer of light-density smoke from remnant smoke from previous days was observed over northwestern Mexico and Baja California. The smoke also drifted southwestward into the Pacific Ocean. 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 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