DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 22, 2023

SMOKE:
United States/Canada/Mexico/Northwestern Atlantic Ocean/Northeastern
Pacific Ocean...
Dense smoke from numerous wildfires across western Canada extended
eastward over northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as well
as southern Northwest Territories. Dense smoke also covered much of
central and southwestern British Columbia, extending out over the
adjacent Pacific Ocean and curling around a low-pressure system near
Vancouver Island. Additional dense smoke extended north-northeastward
from a fire near Eureka, California, along a frontal boundary reaching
up into British Columbia. Moderate smoke also covered much of northern
British Columbia and extended southwestward from the fire near Eureka over
the Pacific Ocean there. Additional streaks of moderate smoke extended
eastward over northern Canada and southeastward over portions of Quebec
and Ontario. Yet another mass of moderate remnant smoke was observed
over portions of the southeastern U.S. Light smoke covered much of North
America except for Alaska and the Intermountain West region of the U.S.,
extending over the western Atlantic Ocean.

DUST:
Eastern Atlantic Ocean…
Saharan dust was observed over the far eastern Atlantic Ocean, near
Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, with an additional streak of dust
extending westward to about 40W.


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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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.