DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1610Z July 24, 2022
SMOKE: Much of Canada, Central and Eastern United States, Northern Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean… Very large coverage of mainly light density smoke was again seen this morning across much of Canada with the exceptions of far western Canada. The smoke also was prevalent over virtually all of the central and eastern United States and over a portion of northern Mexico. In addition, the smoke extended offshore of the United States and well out across the central and northern Atlantic. A good amount of this smoke was likely from recent significant wildfire activity in central and northwestern Canada though some contribution from a few of the larger wildfires in the western United States was likely occurring especially from portions of the western United States to the central United States. Within the larger area of thin density smoke were embedded areas of moderate density smoke which were seen over the Northern Plains of the United States extending east towards the Upper Midwest and also closer to the fire activity over the Yukon and extending through northern British Columbia and northern Alberta and the southern Northwest Territories. Idaho/Montana/South Dakota… An area of moderate to high density smoke from the fire activity ongoing over Idaho was extending north and northeast from the fires through much of central Montana and towards eastern Montana. California/Nevada/Idaho/Wyoming/Pacific Ocean… A large area of moderate to high density smoke from the fires ongoing over north and northeast from the fires through northeast California, northern Nevada and into southern Idaho. DUST: Tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea… A large area of Saharan Dust was extending across the Tropical Atlantic with a portion extending through the southern Caribbean Sea and northern South America towards the southwestern Caribbean Sea and Central America. Another portion was extending through the northeastern Caribbean Islands, northeastern Caribbean Sea and into portions of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean well off the Southeast Coast of the United States. Hanna 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