DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0155Z August 11, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/North Central and Northwestern CONUS... Smoke of varying density but mostly heavy density smoke continued 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. Thick and heavy density smoke continued producing active emissions of thick smoke from the wildfires in northwestern Canada, and continued to move northward across the Northwest Territory, then northeastward across western Nunavut and the western Canadian Archipelago, as well as engulfing over northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Remnant smoke continued moving across central Nunavut and northern Hudson Bay into far northern Manitoba. Gulf of Mexico/Eastern CONUS/North Atlantic... Light remnant smoke was seen over portions of the Southeastern CONUS, Mexican Gulf Coastal Plain, and parts of the Gulf of Mexico. The source of this smoke is likely agricultural burning across the central and southern Plains and southeastern U.S. along with, most likely, remnant smoke from the large wildfires out west. Several topical cyclone systems most likely allowed large areas of smoke to concentrate throughout portions of the Gulf of Mexico and into the eastern United States and the Northern Atlantic Ocean. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Caribbean Sea toward Puerto Rico. Currier 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