Monday, July 15, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0101Z July 16, 2024

SMOKE:
Canada/United States/Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean...
A significant amount of mixed density smoke attributed to a combination
of seasonal fire activity in the United States and numerous wildfires
throughout northern Canada, Washington State, Oregon, California, Montana,
Utah, Idaho, and Arizona covered an extensive area including northern
Canada, the majority of the Continental United States. 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 density smoke was seen
moving southeast from the central region of the Northwest Territories into
northeast Alberta and through the southern Canadian provinces reaching
central Ontario. A mass of heavy smoke was observed originating from
the wildfires in northern Canada extending southeast with the moderate
smoke but ends in Saskatchewan. Areas of light to moderate density smoke
were observed extending south from the U.S./Canadian border through the
majority of the U.S. and into the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western United States...
Moderate to thick density smoke attributed to numerous ongoing wildfires
throughout the Western United States was observed this morning covering
a widespread area within the region. A large wildfire located in
north-central Washington state was seen emitting a large plume of
thick density smoke earlier today that extended north into southern
British Columbia and east into Idaho and the northwest corner of
Montana. Wildfires throughout Washington State, Oregon, California,
Montana, Utah, Idaho were observed releasing significant amounts of
moderate to heavy density smoke this evening adding to the conglomerate
of smoke.

UPDATE:0256Z
Kauai Hawaii...
At 2210Z a fast moving brush fire in southwestern Kauai was seen
releasing light to probable moderate smoke that was partially obscured
by clouds. The smoke was moving southwest over the Pacific Ocean. This
brush fire is dangerously close to Kaumakani forcing immediate evacuations
in the neighborhood. As of 0230Z the fire was still visible burning on
GOES-18 satellite data.

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.

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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

 


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.