DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1640Z July 28, 2022
SMOKE: Yukon/British Columbia/Northwest Territory/Alberta... Large wildfires along the southeastern Yukon and northern British Columbia continued producing massive thick smoke plumes moving east and southeast through northern Alberta and western Saskatchewan. In addition, a large area of light density smoke extended from the southern Yukon and Northwest Territory through Alberta and reached parts of the U.S as far as the Dakotas. Massive cloud cover over Yukon and the Northwest Territory obstructed any further smoke analysis. California/Nevada/Oregon/Washington/British Columbia... A large area of light density smoke from wildfires in central California was observed moving north covering all of central and northern California (into the Pacific), extending through most of Oregon and Washington into British Columbia, and parts of Nevada. Idaho... The Moose Fire in east central Idaho was observed producing light density smoke expanding south and east into parts of Montana, Wyoming, and northern Utah. Moderate smoke was observed moving westward through the state while heavier smoke was concentrated towards the source of the fire. DUST: Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea... An area of Saharan dust extended across the Tropical Atlantic with a portion extending through the eastern/central Caribbean Sea and north off the southeast coast of the U.S., mainly Florida. Nguyen 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