Sunday, July 10, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z July 11, 2022

SMOKE:
Alaska/Canada/North Central and Northeastern U.S…
A very significant amount of wildfire activity continues to be observed
across portions of Alaska and northwestern and west central Canada which
is responsible for an enormous area of smoke which blankets most of Alaska
with the exception of the far southern tier, most of Canada with the
exception of southwestern Canada, and extending off the southeast coast
of Canada. The thickest smoke was visible across Alaska and northwestern
and north central Canada and extending over the Arctic.  Thinner density
smoke also appeared to spread far enough south to impact portions of the
north central and northeastern United States where it eventually mixed
with downstream smoke from the larger wildfires in California, Nevada,
and Utah.

Western and Central U.S…
Fire activity in east central California in the central Sierra-Nevada
Mountains was responsible for an area of thick density smoke extending
from the fire to the north and northwest in east central California. Thin
to moderate density smoke from this fire also extended well to the
northeast before thinning out over the north central United States.
Farther to the east, several wildfires were burning in central Utah
resulting in a significant plume of varying density smoke which extended
well to the northeast with moderate to thick density smoke reaching as
far east as the Central Plains.

Central and Eastern U.S…
Very large coverage of thin density smoke with embedded smaller patches
of moderate density smoke covered most of the central United States and
eastern United States. Most of this leftover smoke is believed to be from
the larger wildfires burning in California, Nevada, and Utah though it
is also possible that smoke from the significant wildfire activity in
northwestern Canada and Alaska may be occurring especially across the
north central and northeastern United States.


DUST:
Tropical Atlantic/Far Eastern Caribbean...
A huge area of Saharan dust was seen extending across the Tropical and
Subtropical Atlantic Ocean reaching as far west as the eastern Caribbean
Islands and eastern Caribbean Sea.

Hanna


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.