DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 9, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/North Central and Northwestern CONUS... Smoke of varying density continues to be observed blanketing much of western Canada and portions of the northwestern CONUS. The parent wildfire activity remains across Northwest Canada, with some of the activity extending south across the Canadian Rockies into the Pacific Northwest, as well as across Central Saskatchewan. Active emissions of thick smoke from the wildfires in northwestern Canada continue to move northward across the Northwest Territory, then northeastward across western Nunavut and the western Canadian Archipelago. Remnant smoke was moving west to southwest across central Nunavut and northern Hudson Bay into far northern Manitoba. From there, remnant smoke is combining with active emissions across Saskatchewan, where the smoke then curls toward the southeast. Some portion of mixed active and remnant smoke emissions was also seen moving southeastward over British Columbia and then far northeastern Pacific into the Pacific Northwest, where smoke is then drawn eastward over the Intermountain West. Gulf of Mexico/Eastern CONUS/North Atlantic... Light remnant smoke was seen over portions of the Southeastern CONUS, Mexican Gulf Coastal Plain, the Gulf of Mexico, and portions of the NW Caribbean. The source of this smoke is likely agricultural burning across the central and southern Plains and southeastern U.S. along with, perhaps, remnant smoke from the large wildfires out west. A cyclone over Ontario was allowing the light smoke to move over the central and southern Plains into the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes. A second cyclone (Post-Tropical Cyclone Debby) was also helping to concentrate some smoke over the Gulf Coast into the Carolina Coast. There is also an area to the east of the cyclone where some light smoke was seen over Quebec and extends eastward out over the Atlantic. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. The dust was seen as far northwestward as Bermuda and as far south as Northern Columbia and Venezuela. Hosley 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