DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0036Z September 5, 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
smoke originating from wildfires in Idaho, and spread eastwards until
it reached off the East Coast.

Oregon/Idaho/Montana/Wyoming...
Due to continual wildfires in Oregon and the Boise National Park region
(Western Idaho), a significant mass of mostly moderate density was
observed blowing eastwards across the Rocky Mountains into Montana,
Wyoming and continued east combing with smoke from Canada.

California...
Light to Moderate density smoke was observed emanating from ongoing
wildfires in Sequoia National Park and two additional fires in central
California. Smoke from the fires was observed dispersing Northwest and
northeast combining with the smoke from  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.

Eglin

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.