DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z July 14, 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 southeastward. Large areas of remnant moderate-density smoke were observed stretching from British Columbia to the Hudson Bay, and from Saskatchewan to the southeastern United States. Medium-density smoke from Canadian fires also drifted southwestward, joining with smoke from fires in the southwestern US. A broad area of light-density smoke was observed across much of Canada, extending into both the Pacific Ocean and over the North Atlantic as far east as Greenland. This layer of light-density smoke also drifted southward to join with light-density smoke covering the CONUS. CONUS… Regional layers of medium-density smoke were observed over the Pacific Northwest, the southwestern US, and much of the Great Plains, Midwest, and New England, eventually merging with medium-density smoke over Canada. A large area of light-density smoke covered most of the US this morning, drifting eastward over the Atlantic Ocean and southwestward off the coast of California. Light-density smoke also drifted southward to merge with smoke over Mexico. 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 individual moderate-to-heavy density smoke plumes and contributing to extensive layers of moderate- and light-density smoke across the region. Oregon… The East Evans Creek Fire in southwestern Oregon was observed producing moderate-to-heavy density smoke drifting northward. Mexico/Gulf of America… A layer of light-density remnant smoke from previous days was observed spanning eastern Mexico, extending eastward over the Gulf, and joining with light-density smoke covering CONUS. Marrs 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