DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 25, 2022
SMOKE: Canada/U.S./Mexico/Atlantic... Very large coverage of mainly light density smoke was again detected across much of Canada with the exceptions of far western Canada. The smoke also was prevalent over virtually all of the central and eastern U.S and over a portion of northern Mexico. In addition, the smoke extended offshore of the East Coast and well out across the central and northern Atlantic. A large 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 U.S. was likely occurring. Within the larger area of thin density smoke were embedded areas of moderate density smoke which were detected over the Northern Plains extending east towards the Midwest/Great Lakes and also from the wildfires over far southeastern Yukon that extended through northern British Columbia, northern Alberta, and the southern Northwest Territories. Idaho/Montana... An area of moderate to high density smoke from the fire activity ongoing over Idaho extended north and northeast from the fires through much of central and eastern Montana. California/Nevada/Idaho... A large area of moderate to high density smoke from wildfires in central California covered much of central and northern California, most of Nevada, and southern Idaho. DUST: Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea... A large area of Saharan dust extended 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 area extended through the northeastern Caribbean Islands, the northeastern Caribbean Sea, and into portions of the southwestern Atlantic well off the southeast coast of the U.S. Konon 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