DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0055Z July 30, 2022
SMOKE: Western and Central Canada... A large area of light density smoke was detected across western and central Canada due the combination of wildfires across Yukon and the Northwest Territories with contribution from fires in Alaska and various parts of Canada as well. The large area of smoke extended from northern British Columbia to southwestern Ontario along with entering into the U.S and mixing in with smoke produced from large wildfires in California and Idaho. The smoke likely extends further north of the Canadian provinces however extensive cloud cover over northern and central Canada made this analysis unavailable. This cloud cover includes southern parts of Yukon and the Northwest Territories where the large wildfires responsible for the smoke resides, blocking any detection of thick smoke and fires. A patch of moderate smoke was seen through cloud cover moving southeast from eastern British Columbia through central Saskatchewan. A patch of heavy smoke within a patch of moderate smoke was observed moving southeast in southeastern British Columbia. California/Nevada/Oregon/Utah... A large area of light density smoke from wildfires in central California was covering most of California (into the Pacific), Oregon, Nevada, Washington, most of Idaho and Montana. This smoke extended north mixing with the ongoing wildfire smoke in British Columbia and Idaho. Idaho... The Moose Fire in east central Idaho was observed producing moderate to heavy density smoke. Moderate dense smoke was seen engulfing much of southern Idaho and expanding south, entering parts of Nevada and Utah while heavy dense smoke was still concentrated to source of the fire. In addition light smoke from the Moose fire along with contributions from smoke in Canada and wildfires in the western U.S was observed extending further east into the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota and Ontario. Light smoke may extend further south in the middle of the U.S but cloud cover has blocked further analysis. British Columbia... A wildfire in southwest British Columbia just began to produce moderate to heavy smoke moving northeast as analysis ended. Atlantic Ocean south off eastern United States... An area of generally light density smoke was observed off the east coast of the U.S. south of Nova Scotia. DUST: Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea... An thick area of Saharan dust extended across the Tropical Atlantic with the thick edge just nearing the eastern Caribbean Sea. Moderate dust was noted north and south of the Caribbean Sea off the southern and southeast coast of the U.S, while entering into the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche. Eglin 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