DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1720Z August 24, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean... A exceptionally large area of smoke attributed to a combination of the large wildfires across western Canada and seasonal burning throughout the United States, continues to impact significant portions of Canada, the United States, and extending into the north Atlantic Ocean. Heavy density smoke was seen moving north and east into Manitoba and Nunavut from fires in northern Saskatchewan. A strip of remnant heavy density smoke was also observed over the Newfoundland and Labrador and the north Atlantic Ocean. Medium density smoke was seen surrounding the fires in the western Canada, and moving east and southeast across Canada to Ontario and Quebec. Light density smoke was seen blanketing most of Canada and extending south through the Mississippi Valley and the southeast region of the United States. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan Dust was seen moving west across the Atlantic Ocean towards the northern Lesser Antilles while a lighter amount of Saharan Dust was seen over the central Caribbean Sea. YL 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