DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0050Z July 22, 2024

SMOKE:
Canada/United States/Atlantic Ocean...
A significant amount of mixed density smoke attributed to a combination
of seasonal fire activity in Canada and the United States continued
to produce a large mass of observable smoke. The smoke has continued
extending through Northeastern province of British Columbia and mixing
with smoke from various regional wildfires. The large mass of smoke
(ranging from light to heavy density) has continued to stretch across
the northern continental plain before dispersing into the Atlantic
Ocean. Thick density smoke was was observed engulfing Canada and parts
of northern U.S. As the mass moved towards the east, light to moderate
density smoke was observed dispersing down from Canada into the USA,
with moderate smoke extending as far south as Texas.

Northwest U.S. ...
Moderate smoke produced from numerous large wildfires in Oregon,
Washington and California, was observed extending over Oregon extending
off the coast before progressing north across Washington and Idaho,
where it mixed with the larger area of moderate to thick smoke from
the wildfires in Canada. Thick density smoke from the larger wildfires
in Oregon were seen extending across the Pacific northwest states of
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.


DUST:
A moderate amount of Saharan dust was seen moving westward into the
Atlantic Ocean, a lighter amount of Saharan dust was seen north off the
east coast of the U.S. and moving into the western 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

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.