DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z 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 northern region 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 southeast of Greenland. Areas of moderate density smoke were concentrated in the Pacific Northwest, extending east across the North Central region, extending northeast into the Northwest Territories, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. 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 neighboring states to the northeast. As of this morning the fire was approximately 18% contained and has burned approximately 389,791 acres since it began on 7/24/2024. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan dust was seen through the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico and northeast of the Lesser Antilles with a lighter amount of Saharan dust seen in 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