DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z September 10, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Pacific Ocean/Atlantic Ocean... Continuing wildfires and seasonal burning has lead to the continued mixture of light to medium density smoke from northwestern Canada, through central Canada, and into the Midwestern United States. Additionally, mixed density smoke ranging from moderate to thick density smokes continues to be seen throughout Oregon, Washington State, and Idaho from the ongoing wildfires and seasonal burning in these areas. The smoke from the U.S. wildfires was mostly traveling eastward and southward throughout the central and eastern U.S., and into the Atlantic Ocean. In Southern California, an area of light to moderate density smoke, from the ongoing wildfires, was traveling westward into western Southern California, and into the Pacific Ocean. DUST: A light amount of Saharan dust was seen traveling westward into the Atlantic Ocean off of the African coast. Nguyen 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