DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z August 11, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/North Central and Northwestern CONUS... Smoke of varying density, ranging from moderate to thick density smoke continued to be observed blanketing much of 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 and the Pacific Northwest, as well as across Central Saskatchewan. Thick density smoke continues to persist, with the active emissions from the wildfires observed over majority northern Canada, where the smoke continued to move northward through the Northwest Territory, then northeastward across majority Nunavut, and eastward across the northern region of the Hudson Bay. Other areas of thick density smoke were observed engulfing over central Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. Gulf of Mexico/Eastern CONUS/North Atlantic... Light remnant smoke was seen over portions of the Southeastern CONUS, Mexican Gulf Coastal Plain, Atlantic Ocean, 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. Nguyen 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