DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0010Z September 22, 2024
SMOKE: United States/Canada/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 this evening. This relatively large area of smoke was observed extending southeast from the Northwest Territories through Alberta and Saskatchewan and continued moving east over the Hudson Bay, before extending southeast through Quebec and the Northeastern United States before and into the northern Atlantic Ocean. Seasonal burning throughout the Southeastern United States continues to be observed, resulting in a layer of light-to-moderate density smoke that was seen dispersing throughout the Midwest and Southeastern regions of the United States, while also extending south into the Gulf of Mexico. Cloud cover over Canada continued through the evening, preventing further observations for this evening’s smoke analysis. 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