DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY

SMOKE:
Canada/United States/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific
Ocean/Atlantic Ocean…

A significant amount of mixed density smoke attributed to a combination
of seasonal fire activity throughout the Central United States and
numerous wildfires throughout northern Canada, Washington State, Oregon,
California, Montana and Utah was observed this morning over an extensive
area including northern Canada, the majority of the Continental U.S. and
parts of Mexico and Central America.  This mixed density smoke was seen
extending east from central Alaska into central Quebec with areas of
moderate and heavy density smoke along the shared northern borders of
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and southern border of the Northwest
Territories.  Areas of light and moderate density remnant smoke were
also observed extending south from the Canada-U.S. Border through the
U.S. and the Gulf of Mexico and into Central America. The extensive
area of light density smoke can be seen extending west into the Pacific
Ocean from the Pacific Coast and central west coast of Mexico as well as
extending northeast from the Gulf of Mexico along the Atlantic Seaboard
and extending approximately 1,500 miles east into the Atlantic Ocean
from the Eastern Shore.

DUST:
A moderate amount of Saharan dust was observed over the Atlantic
Ocean with light amounts of Saharan dust seen over the majority of the
Caribbean Sea.

Willkens


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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.