DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0105Z August 16, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/Central and Eastern United States/Atlantic Ocean... A large area of combined light to heavy density smoke attributed to a combination of seasonal burning throughout the United States and the significant amount of wildfire activity across north-central and central Canada, as well as the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, continued to be observed tonight throughout the majority of Canada and the northern and eastern parts of the United States. Seasonal fire activity throughout the Southeastern region of the United States resulted in an area of light density smoke over the area that was seen extending south-southeast into the Gulf of Mexico. The area of smoke covering the eastern parts of Canada and the northeastern part of the United States was observed as predominantly thick in density with areas of moderate density smoke seen throughout western Canada, the Pacific Northwest and portions of the North Central and Midwest regions of the United States. Significant cloud cover throughout the Pacific Northwest, Western and Central Canada, and the North Central and Eastern United States prevented the full extent of thick density smoke to be identified. California/Pacific Northwest... Numerous wildfires throughout the Pacific Northwest region continued to be observed tonight, including the Boise and Park fires located in northern California, as well as several fires throughout British Columbia, Washington State, Oregon and Idaho produced light to heavy density smoke. Moderate density smoke was observed throughout the Pacific Northwest region. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan Dust continued traveling off of the African coast westward across the Atlantic Ocean before reaching a weather system to the north of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Lighter amounts of Saharan Dust were seen traveling into the Southern Caribbean Sea. 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