DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z August 06, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/SE CONUS/Atlantic Ocean... Mixed density smoke attributed to wildfire activity across northwestern and central Canada and the Pacific Northwest region of the United States was seen extending from the NW Yukon and the Northwest Territories, to central Alberta and Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and eastern Ontario. It then extends south over northern CONUS, eventually making its way over the southeast CONUS, and finally reaching further east over the central Atlantic Ocean. Due to Hurricane Debby, only a handful of light density individual smoke plumes were seen this morning and early afternoon. Several large fires located in NW Yukon, central British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and central Manitoba were seen producing moderate to thick density smoke plumes. California/Pacific Northwest... An area of mixed density smoke attributed to numerous wildfires throughout the Pacific Northwest continue to be observed today, including the Park Fire in northern California, as well as several other fires located in Washington State, Oregon and Idaho. Moderate density smoke was observed blanketing the Pacific Northwest region with areas of heavy density smoke seen in western and eastern Oregon, northern California, and central Idaho. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across the Atlantic Ocean reaching the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea. 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