Sunday, July 24, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z July 25, 2022

SMOKE:
Canada/U.S./Mexico/Atlantic...
Very large coverage of mainly light density smoke was again detected
across much of Canada with the exceptions of far western Canada.  The
smoke also was prevalent over virtually all of the central and eastern
U.S and over a portion of northern Mexico.  In addition, the smoke
extended offshore of the East Coast and well out across the central and
northern Atlantic.  A large amount of this smoke was likely from recent
significant wildfire activity in central and northwestern Canada though
some contribution from a few of the larger wildfires in the western U.S.
was likely occurring.  Within the larger area of thin density smoke were
embedded areas of moderate density smoke which were detected over the
Northern Plains extending east towards the Midwest/Great Lakes and also
from the wildfires over far southeastern Yukon that extended through
northern British Columbia, northern Alberta, and the southern Northwest
Territories.


Idaho/Montana...
An area of moderate to high density smoke from the fire activity ongoing
over Idaho extended north and northeast from the fires through much of
central and eastern Montana.


California/Nevada/Idaho...
A large area of moderate to high density smoke from wildfires in central
California covered much of central and northern California, most of
Nevada, and southern Idaho.


DUST:
Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea...
A large area of Saharan dust extended across the Tropical Atlantic with
a portion extending through the southern Caribbean Sea and northern
South America towards the southwestern Caribbean Sea and Central America.
Another area extended through the northeastern Caribbean Islands, the
northeastern Caribbean Sea, and into portions of the southwestern Atlantic
well off the southeast coast of the U.S.

Konon


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.