DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 26, 2022
SMOKE: Canada/U.S... A large area of mainly light density smoke was observed over northern and western Canada with the exception of southwestern Canada. The smoke was observed extending into parts of northern U.S states in Montana and North Dakota before running into cloud cover. The large area of smoke may extend further into areas of East Canada and parts of the U.S but massive cloud cover obstructed much of the areas. Smoke was produced mainly from recent wildfires in Canada with some contributions from large wildfires in the U.S. In addition, an area of remnant smoke was observed over mainly the Strait of Georgia. This smoke may be from a combination of various wildfires throughout the western U.S and Canada. Southeast U.S... A large area of light density engulf much of the of the southeast U.S with the exception of Florida , with the smoke extending from Oklahoma to the Atlantic Ocean. The smoke was due to fire activity along with some contributions of larger wildfires out in the western U.S. California/Nevada/Oregon/Utah/Colorado... A large area of light density smoke from wildfires in central California covered all of central and northern California (into the Pacific), most of central/northern Nevada, eastward into parts of western Colorado. Light density smoke reached as far north as central Oregon. Thicker smoke can be seen moving closer to the source in central California. Idaho... The Moose Fire in east central Idaho was observed producing light density smoke which moved to the east into parts of Montana, Wyoming, The Dakotas, Nebraska, and Iowa. Thicker smoke was concentrated closer to the source of the fire within Idaho. 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. 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