DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0209Z July 31, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/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 southwest 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. 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 into the northern U.S. and southern Canada. As of this evening the fire was approximately 12% contained and has burned approximately 383,619 acres since it began on 7/24/2024. Northern Colorado... An plume of moderate to heavy density smoke from a fire over northern Colorado was extending northeast into western Nebraska. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan dust was seen through most of the Gulf of Mexico. A lighter amount of Saharan dust was seen in the Caribbean Sea and a mass of moderate Saharan dust was seen northeast of the Lesser Antilles. 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