DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z July 25, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Pacific Ocean/Atlantic Ocean... A significant amount of mixed density smoke attributed to a combination of seasonal fire activity throughout the United States and numerous wildfires in northern Canada and the Pacific Northwest region continues to be observed today. Areas of light density smoke were seen throughout the majority of the United States. This light density smoke was observed extending south from Alaska into the northern Pacific Ocean and continued south along the West Coast, reaching central Mexico, before extending east towards the Gulf of Mexico. Areas of moderate density smoke were concentrated throughout the majority of Canada and the central United States while areas with the thickest density smoke were in parts of northern Canada. The large mass of moderate to thick density smoke that throughout northern Canada can be seen stretching east-southeast from the Alaska to the southwest corner of Quebec. As the mass of mixed density smoke continued moving east-southeast across Canada it became more moderate in density as it moved into the North Central and Great Lakes region of the United States, however, a band of moderate smoke continued extending east through southern Quebec before dispersing into the northern Atlantic Ocean past the southern tip of Greenland. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan dust was observed over the central region of the Atlantic Ocean with light amounts of Saharan dust seen over the eastern part 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