DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0040Z August 01, 2024

SMOKE:
Canada/United States/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. 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. A large area of moderate density smoke was
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. 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, reaching into the neighboring states to the northeast. As
of today, 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.

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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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.