DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1410Z August 28, 2024

SMOKE:
Canada/United States/Atlantic Ocean...

Due to ongoing wildfires in Northeast British Columbia, a significant
concentration of light to heavy smoke has been observed gathering
and dispersing along the Peace River Valley area and adjacent rivers
valleys. From there, it was observed emptying out into western Alberta ,
where it then mixed with a separate smoke plume emanating from wildfires
originating from the Northwest Territories. From there, the remnant
smoke was observed drifting eastwards across the Canadian provinces and
Northern US states before blowing out into the Atlantic Ocean.

Northwestern CONUS…
As observed yesterday afternoon, continual wildfire activity mainly in
central Idaho was observed producing thick smoke. The smoke from this
activity was being drawn east-northeastward across Montana and perhaps
just into far southwestern Alberta and far southern Saskatchewan. This
smoke is also contributing to the remnant smoke across the North American
continent described above.

DUST:
Tropical Atlantic…
Saharan Dust was seen extending westward from the African coast to the
central Caribbean Sea, Hispaniola, and into the Central Atlantic.

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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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.