DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z July 27, 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 western Canada, Alaska and the Pacific Northwest region continues to be observed today. Light density smoke was seen throughout the majority of the United States, Canada and extending into the northern Atlantic Ocean. A large area of moderate density smoke was seen throughout much of Canada, the Pacific Northwest, the Central and Northern Plains, Upper Midwest and extending into the the Northeastern United States. The highest density smoke was seen in the Pacific Northwest extending into portions of Montana and Wyoming and also from eastern British Columbia and the Northwest Territories extending east through much of northern Canada into northern Quebec and reaching the Atlantic Ocean. DUST: An area of Saharan Dust was seen over the north central Caribbean Sea and central Caribbean Islands extending north into the southwest Atlantic Ocean. Rodriguez 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