DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 29, 2022
SMOKE: Western and Central Canada... A large area of light density smoke was detected across western and central Canada due the combination of wildfires across Yukon and the Northwest Territories with contribution from fires in Alaska and various parts of Canada as well. The large area of smoke extended from Central British Columbia to southwestern Ontario along with entering into the U.S and mixing in with smoke produced from large wildfires in the western states. The smoke likely extends further north of the Canadian provinces however extensive cloud cover over northern and central Canada made this analysis unavailable. This cloud cover includes southern parts of Yukon and the Northwest Territories where the large wildfires responsible for the smoke resides, blocking any observation of heavy dense smoke that may originate close to the source of the fires. In addition a patch of moderate smoke was observed moving southeast through southern Saskatchewan. California/Nevada/Oregon/Utah... A large area of light density smoke from wildfires in central California was was covering most of California (into the Pacific), Oregon, Nevada, Washington, most of Idaho and Montana. This smoke extended north mixing with the ongoing wildfire smoke in British Columbia. Idaho... The Moose Fire in east central Idaho was observed producing moderate to heavy density smoke. Moderate dense smoke was seen engulfing much of southern Idaho and expanding south, entering parts of Nevada and Utah while heavy dense smoke was still concentrated to source of the fire. In addition light smoke from the Moose fire along with contributions from smoke in Canada and wildfires in the western U.S was observed extending further east into the Dakotas and Nebraska. Light smoke may extend further south in the middle of the U.S but cloud cover has blocked further analysis. DUST: Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea... An area of Saharan dust extended across the Tropical Atlantic with a portion extending through the Caribbean Sea and north off the southern and southeast coast of the U.S, while entering into the central portion of the Gulf of Mexico. 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