DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z July 10, 2026
SMOKE: Canada... Wildfires in the central Northwest Territories continued to burn and produced moderate density smoke plumes. A regional layer of medium density smoke was observed spanning much of the Northwest Territories, extending eastward into Nunavut. A more extensive layer of light-density smoke moved eastward into Nunavut, as well as southeastward, eventually merging with light-density smoke over much of central Canada. Southwestern U.S... The Babylon and Gold Mountain Fires in Utah and Colorado continued to burn, producing individual plumes of moderate density smoke drifting eastward. The smoke plume eventually merged with the broader layer of smoke extending southward from the Canada, dispersing across eastern CONUS before drifting eastward into the Atlantic Ocean. Mexico/Central America/Baja California/Pacific Ocean… A layer of light-density smoke from today’s fire activity, as well as remnant smoke from previous days was observed across southern Mexico and parts of Central America. The smoke extended across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and northwest along the Mexican Pacific Coast before drifting westward over the Pacific Ocean. GM 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