DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0220Z August 2, 2022
SMOKE: Northern U.S./Southern Canada... A large area of light to moderate density smoke from the ongoing fires ongoing over the Western United States was extending across most of the northern portions of the United States and southern Canada through New England and portions of southern Quebec. Within this area, a large detached patch of high density smoke was seen over Wyoming and portions of the Dakotas, likely due to the wildfires in Idaho and Montana. In addition a large area of moderate dense smoke was observed extending from Idaho and Montana through southeast into Kentucky before being obstructed by cloud cover. Montana... A wildfire in northwest Montana continues to produce moderate to heavy density smoke that was moving east contributing to the large area of light to moderate density smoke across the northern U.S. and Canada. Wyoming... A wildfire in eastern Wyoming was observed producing moderate to heavy density smoke that was moving east contributing to the large area of light to moderate density smoke across the northern U.S. and Canada. Idaho... Earlier today, the Moose fire was observed producing heavy density smoke moving eastward. The smoke was seen just entering Montana. DUST: Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea... An area of Saharan dust extended across the Tropical Atlantic and through to the western Caribbean Ocean into the Gulf of Mexico and was also visible north of Cuba. Eglin 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