DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z July 25, 2022
SMOKE: Canada/U.S./Mexico/Atlantic... Large area of mainly light density smoke was detected over parts of northern/western/ Canada with the exceptions of far southwestern Canada. The smoke also was prevalent over part of central and eastern Canada with a portion of spreading into the Great Lakes region. The heaviest smoke was seen extending across portions of southern Northwest Territories, northeast British Colombia and northern Alberta. Overall, smoke covered many sections of Canada and most likely more, but it was difficult to see due to cloud cover spreading over a large portion of central and eastern Canada. Most smoke was most 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. Idaho/Montana... An area of light to moderate density smoke from fire activity ongoing over Idaho extended east northeast from the fires through much of central/southern and eastern Montana and across northern Wyoming. Heaviest smoke can be seen near source and strips across northern Wyoming and eastern Montana. California/Nevada/Idaho... A large area of moderately dense to dense smoke from wildfires in central California covered all of central and northern California (into the Pacific), most of central/northern Nevada, eastward into most of Utah and northwest Colorado. Light density smoke reached as far north as central Oregon. Heaviest density smoke can be seen moving north through central California, southern Oregon and eastward into northwest Nevada. DUST: Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea... An 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. JK 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