DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0131Z July 15, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Atlantic Ocean... A significant amount of mixed density smoke attributed to a combination of seasonal fire activity throughout the Southeastern United States and numerous wildfires throughout northern Canada, Washington State, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming Utah and Arizona was observed this morning over an extensive area including northern Canada, the majority of the Continental U.S. and parts of the Pacific Ocean off the West Coast of the U.S. and Mexico. This mixed density smoke was seen extending east through the entirety of Canada from the Yukon Province into the Labrador Sea before extending further east into the Northern Atlantic Ocean. Areas of moderate to thick density smoke was seen moving east along the southern border of the Northwest Territories and the northern borders of British Columbia through the southern Canadian provinces and into the northeastern united states. Many of the fires in northern Canada were starting to produce heavy smoke later this evening. Light to moderate density smoke was observed extending south from the U.S. and Canadian border through the majority of the U.S. where it mixes with smoke from the U.S. fires and continues south over Mexico and the majority of the Gulf of Mexico. Western United States... Moderate to thick density smoke was observed due to ongoing wildfires throughout the Western United States while the all of the western U.S. has at least light density smoke covering it. Wildfires were seen releasing large amounts of moderate to thick smoke in northern Washington, Eastern Oregon, and southeastern Montana and southern California 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. Eglin 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