DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1430Z September 4, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Atlantic Ocean... Continuing from yesterday's fires, mixed density smoke attributed to wildfire activity across northwestern and central Canada, was observed blowing eastwards across Canada into the Atlantic Ocean, as well as and drifting southwards into the United States. As the mixed density mass of smoke entered the United States, it combined with a large mass of remnant smoke originating from wildfires in Idaho, and spread eastwards until it reached the East Coast. Idaho/Montana/Wyoming... Due to continual wildfires in the Boise National Park region (Western Idaho), a significant mass of Light to Heavy density was observed blowing eastwards across the Rocky Mountains into Montana and Northern Wyoming. California... Light to Heavy density smoke was observed emanating from ongoing wildfires in Sequoia National Park. Smoke from the fire was observed dispersing Northwest across the San Joaquin Valley and into the Sacramento Valley area. DUST: Tropical Atlantic… Saharan Dust was seen extending westward from the African coast to the central Caribbean Sea, Hispaniola, and into the Central Atlantic. Cardona 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