DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z July 19, 2022
SMOKE: Canada/Central U.S/Ohio Valley... An enormous area of thin density smoke was observed covering nearly all of lower provinces of Canada with the exception of western portions of British Columbia. The smoke was also observed engulfing much of the Central U.S, extending as far west as Idaho, engulfing much of the Ohio Valley, and extending south towards the outskirts of northeastern Mexico. Moderate density smoke was observed moving east in Canada over eastern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, most of Manitoba, central Ontario, and southern Quebec, and over parts of southeastern Canada. Heavy density smoke was also moving east in Canada, mainly concentrated in central Manitoba and Ontario with an exception of a large patch over northwestern most corner of Alberta. The moderate and heavy dense smoke was attributed to large number of wildfires throughout the northern outskirts and central Canada provinces while the light density smoke was mainly a combination from wildfires in central Canada and the western U.S. Northwest U.S... The Moose fire located few miles southwest of North Fork was observed producing massive thick smoke moving northeast into central Montana. Moderate dense smoke extended further northeast into northern Montana before coming into contact with cloud cover. In addition, another wildfire located in southern Idaho was also observed producing thick smoke moving east across the state. The Moose fire along with the wildfire in southern Idaho and western Montana help contribute to the large mass of thin density smoke observed over much of the U.S in addition to the number of wildfires across Canada. DUST: Tropical Atlantic/Eastern Caribbean into GOM and Southern US… A very large area of Saharan dust extend from Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the central and eastern Caribbean, and the Atlantic to the east of the Bahamas possibly including the eastern Bahamas and encroached on the Gulf of Mexico and neighboring states. Saharan dust was also observed over Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and into bordering edges of Mississippi and Tennessee. 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