DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0240Z July 28, 2022
SMOKE: Yukon/British Columbia/Northwest Territory/Alberta... Large wildfires along the southeastern Yukon and northern British Columbia continued producing massive thick smoke plumes moving east and southeast through northeastern British Columbia, southern Northwest Territory, and northern Alberta. A large area of light density smoke extended from the southern Yukon and Northwest Territory through Alberta and reached parts of the U.S as far as the Great Lake area. Northwestern Canada... An area of light density smoke was observed over the northern parts of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. This was most likely due to fires in Alaska along with fires within that area that is cloud covered preventing the detection of fire. California/Nevada/Oregon/Washington... A large area of light density smoke from wildfires in central California was observed moving north covering all of central and northern California (into the Pacific), extending through most of Oregon and into parts of Northwest Washington, and parts of Nevada. Moderate density smoke was seen in the vicinity of the fires. Idaho... The Moose Fire in east central Idaho was observed producing light to locally moderate smoke which moved to the east into parts of Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa. Southeast U.S... A large area of remnant smoke was observed over Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and the northern regions of Louisiana and Alabama. DUST: Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea... An area of Saharan dust extended across the Tropical Atlantic with a portion extending through the eastern/central Caribbean Sea and north off the southeast coast of the U.S., mainly Florida. YL 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