DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z July 13, 2026
SMOKE: Canada… Wildfires in the central Northwest Territories, central and southern Ontario, and central Saskatchewan and Manitoba continued to burn, producing vigorous heavy-density smoke plumes drifting eastward. Fires were detected in western Quebec; though were obscured by clouds, evidence of moderate-density smoke drifting eastward was observed. An area of remnant moderate-density smoke was observed stretching across northern Canada from eastern Alaska to the southwestern tip of Greenland, and drifting southwestward into the northern Pacific Ocean. A broad area of light-density smoke was observed across Canada, extending into both the north Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. CONUS… A thin band of moderate-density smoke was observed stretching from Missouri to Quebec and off the Pacific coast extending into northwestern Washington and Oregon. A broad area of light-density smoke was observed across the eastern two thirds of the U.S. and along the Pacific northwest coast. Southwestern U.S.… The Aspen Acres, Willow, and Gold Mountain Fires in Colorado and the Stookey fire in Utah continued to burn this morning, producing light-to-moderate density smoke plumes and extensive layers of light-density smoke drifting westward to northward. Oregon… Isolated wildfires in southwestern and northeastern Oregon were observed producing light-to-heavy density smoke drifting north to northeastward. Mexico/Gulf of America… A layer of light-density smoke from remnant smoke from previous days was observed along the Mexican Gulf coast and extending north into the western Gulf of America. Cuba… Scattered fires across Cuba were observed producing light-to-moderate density smoke drifting westward. 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