Tuesday, September 10, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z September 11, 2024

SMOKE:

Canada/United States/Atlantic Ocean...

Light to heavy density smoke attributed to a combination of wildfire
activity in both Central Oregon and Idaho, seasonal burns, and Canadian
wildfires, has produced a significant mass of smoke moving across the
North American continent. Starting from the Oregon / Idaho region, a thick
band of smoke was observed extending east parallel to the US/Canadian
border, before reaching the US North Central plains, where it blew North
into Canada. The smoke band went as far North as the Hudson Bay before
being pushed back down into the US. From there, the thickest portions of
the smoke band blew as far south as the Northern region of Louisiana, then
east around the Appalachian Mountains and out into the Atlantic Ocean.

California...
Three large fires just east of Los Angles were all releasing thick smoke
this evening as well as earlier today. The heavy plumes of smoke were
generally moving northeast into Nevada but some light to moderate smoke
remained around the area from earlier heavy burning. This smoke covered
portions of the southwestern US, Northern Mexico and the Pacific Ocean.

DUST:
A light amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across the
Atlantic Ocean towards the Lesser Antilles with a lighter amount of
Saharan Dust seen over the eastern Caribbean Sea.

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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.