DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 29, 2022
SMOKE: Northwestern Canada to eastern U.S.... Wildfires in the Yukon and Northwest Territories have contributed to a large area of remnant light density smoke, extending from south-central of the Northwest Territories through eastern Saskatchewan and into the U.S, where the smoke covers most of the Great Plains and Eastern U.S, reaching the Atlantic coast. Cloud cover over most of Western and Eastern Canada prevented any further smoke analysis closer to the source of the wildfires. Northwestern United States... The Rum Creek fire in southwestern Oregon, as well as other wildfires in northern California, were producing areas of light to heavy density smoke extending northward along the Pacific coastal regions and into parts of the ocean while lighter density smoke was progressed more eastward into the regions. Idaho… Numerous wildfires throughout central and southern Idaho were observed producing light smoke plumes. A wildfire in east-central Idaho was observed producing a large patch of light density smoke moving east across the states and bordering the state of Montana. Thick density smoke was also seen from the same fire, more closer to the source. DUST: An area of Saharan dust was observed moving westward through the northern Leeward Islands and reaching the outskirts of eastern Puerto Rico. 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