DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1655Z September 17, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Atlantic Ocean... A layer of light density smoke attributed to a combination of seasonal burning throughout the United States and wildfire activity across northwestern Canada continues to be seen today. This area of smoke was observed extending east from the south-central parts of the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan, through the Hudson Bay and central Ontario, before extending further east across the Northeastern region of the United States Sea into the northern Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of New England and Nova Scotia. An area of moderate density smoke attributed to the wildfire activity within the southern parts of the Northwest Territories was seen moving east along the province’s southern border. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across the Atlantic Ocean towards the northern Lesser Antilles with a light amount seen over the northern Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico. Willkens 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