DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0120Z August 27, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Atlantic Ocean... An exceptionally large area of smoke attributed to a combination of the large amount of wildfire activity across western Canada and the Northwest region of the United States, and seasonal burning throughout the Southeastern United States, continues to impact significant portions of Canada, the United States and parts of the northern Atlantic Ocean. Several relatively small areas of moderate to thick density smoke were seen emanating from wildfires located in central Saskatchewan, Idaho, north-central Ontario, and southwestern Quebec. Remnant moderate density smoke was also observed over the Labrador Sea. Light density smoke was seen blanketing most of Canada, south through the Mississippi Valley and continued to the Coastal Atlantic region of the United States. Cloud cover throughout the majority of Canada prevented a more detailed analysis of smoke density today. However, based on past observations it is likely that medium-to-heavy density smoke is present close to active fires in the areas previously mentioned but is concealed by cloud cover. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across the Atlantic Ocean towards the Lesser Antilles. 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