Friday, July 5, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0120Z July 6, 2024

SMOKE:
Alaska/Canada/Washington/Eastern United States/Gulf of Mexico...
A large area of light smoke attributed to numerous recent wildfires
throughout Alaska and Northern Canada continues to be seen today
stretching from the Bering Sea east over Canada and reaching
Greenland. Light smoke extended south over much of Washington state,
the Midwestern states, and continued south along the east coast and
offshore Atlantic, covering most of the eastern United States, Gulf
coast, the east coast of Mexico, the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and
well into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Europe. Large concentrated
fires throughout the Northwest Territories, northeast British Columbia
and northern Alberta continue to produce moderate to thick density
smoke that can be seen throughout central Canada and west of the Great
Lakes. Moderate smoke from fires in Washington was seen extending from
the Cascades east across the state. Cloud cover across most of Alaska,
northern Canada, and throughout the central U.S. and Great Lakes region
as well as a tropical system in the Caribbean prevented more detailed
analysis.

California/Pacific Ocean...
An area of remnant smoke from multiple fires in California continued
extended across the state covering much of the central valley and western
coast and extending northwest into the Pacific Ocean.

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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