DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0040Z August 23, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/Midwest and Eastern United States/Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean... A layer of mixed density smoke attributed to a combination of seasonal burning throughout the United States and the significant amount of wildfire activity across western, north-central and central Canada, as well as the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West regions of the United States, continues to be observed today throughout the majority of Canada and the West to the Northeast regions of the United States. This mixed density smoke was seen extending from the western parts of the Northwest Territories and British Columbia, into Nunavut, moving east-southeast over the Hudson Bay, through central Saskatchewan and Manitoba, into Ontario and the Midwest region of the United States. The smoke was seen extending east over Newfoundland and Labrador and into the Labrador Sea before extending further into the northern Atlantic Ocean reaching as far as the coasts of western Europe. An area of moderate smoke was also observed extending south from Ontario, through the Ohio Valley, where it dispersed into the Southeastern U.S and parts of the Gulf of Mexico. The smoke also extended further east from Ontario, through eastern Canada and into the Atlantic Ocean. Cloud cover settled over majority of Canada and parts of the northern U.S, which prevented further observations of smoke previously mentioned in the morning’ analysis. Despite the cloud cover, it can be assumed moderate to thick density smoke is concealed and present from the wildfires over in Northwestern Territories, Nunavut, and central Canada. Pacific Northwest/Idaho/Wyoming... Moderate-to-thick plumes of smoke were observed emanating from several large wildfires throughout central Idaho and northern Wyoming. DUST: A light amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across the Atlantic Ocean towards the Lesser Antilles with a lighter amount of Saharan Dust seen over the central Caribbean Sea. 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