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. 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