DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1725Z July 30, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Baja California Peninsula/Atlantic Ocean... 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. Light density smoke was seen throughout the majority of the United States, extending east-southeast from the Northwest Territories across northern Canada, engulfing the Hudson Bay, before dispersing into the northern Atlantic Ocean past the southern tip of Greenland. Areas of moderate density smoke were concentrated in Canada, extending east past Quebec into the northern Atlantic; and the north-central region of the United States. A large mass of thick density smoke concentrated throughout the Pacific Northwest was seen stretching northeast-east from Northern California, across the Midwest region and into Ontario. California/Pacific Northwest... An area of mixed density smoke attributed to numerous wildfires throughout the Pacific Northwest continue to be observed today despite a large amount of cloud cover in the region. The Park Fire located in Butte County, in north-central California, continues to produces a large plume of moderate to thick density smoke that extends northeast in direction, reaching as far as eastern Montana. As of this morning, this fire is said to be approximately 14% contained and has burned approximately 383,600 acres since it began on 7/24/2024. 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