Monday, July 18, 2022

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 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.

Texas...
Wildfires located in central and eastern Texas was observed producing
thick smoke plumes, with the largest area of thick smoke concentrated
over central Texas. The thick smoke from wildfires in central Texas was
seen moving south while in eastern Texas, the thick smoke was observed
expanding in all directions. Smoke from both wildfires along with smoke
from the northwest U.S help contribute to the larger mass of thin density
smoke observed throughout the U.S and 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

 


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.