Long-range Transport of 2026 Canadian Wildfire Smoke into the United States (July 14-20, 2026)

Via NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio: "This visualization reveals the dramatic long-range transport of smoke from the Canadian wildfires during July 14-20, 2026. Active fire locations are marked by bright red dots. Tan to deep red colors represent Wildfire Smoke Intensity estimated by Brown Carbon Aerosol Optical Depth from NASA's Goddard Earth Observing System Convection Allowing Model (GEOS-CAM), a 2km replay to the analysis from GEOS Forward Processing, developed by the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO). Smoke from wildfires in Canada is seen traveling thousands of miles, blanketing various regions of the United States and causing record-breaking poor air quality."

Visualizations by: Joseph V. Ardizzone, Helen-Nicole Kostis, and Zoey N. Armstrong

Scientific consulting by: Allison Collow and Lesley Ott

External link - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5665/