DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z July 21, 2022

SMOKE:
South-Central Canada/Northern Quebec/Idaho/U.S. Great Plains, Midwest,
Eastern Coast/Western Atlantic…
A large plume dominates most of Alberta, south-central Saskatchewan
and Manitoba, and western Ontario, while extending south over
the Great Plains and the U.S. Midwest, and to the east along the
eastern U.S. coastline and further out for more than 1,500 miles over
the western Atlantic. Significant cloud coverage along the eastern
U.S. creates some separation between the western and eastern sides of
that major plume. The Pine Peak fire in eastern Idaho remains active
producing a moderate-to-heavy density smoke plume that stretches to
the east across the northern Great Plains leading to narrow pockets of
moderate-density being visible across southern Montana, South Dakota,
in addition to southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern
Indiana. Additional pockets of moderate density smoke linked to previous
days wildfire emissions in central Canada were observed across southern
Saskatchewan and western Ontario. A detached plume was also observed
over northern Quebec, which was also linked to previous days wildfire
activity in central Canada.


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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.