Monday, August 1, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1640Z August 1, 2022

SMOKE:
Northern U.S./Southern Canada...
A large area of mostly light density smoke, from the fires ongoing
over the Western United States, was extending across most of the
northern portions of the United States and southern Canada to portions
of the northern New England and portions of eastern Quebec and New
Brunswick. Within this area, a large detached patch of high density
smoke was seen over Wyoming and portions of the Dakotas, likely due
to the wildfires in Idaho and Montana. In addition a large area of
moderate dense smoke was observed extending from Idaho and Montana
through southeast into Kentucky before being obstructed by cloud cover.

Montana...
A wildfire in northwest Montana continues to produce moderate and heavy
dense smoke and contributing to the large area of light dense smoke
across Canada and northern U.S.

Idaho...
The Moose fire was observed producing heavy dense smoke moving
eastward. The smoke was seen just entering Montana.

Southeast U.S/Atlantic...
A large area of light dense smoke was seen over southeastern U.S,
extending from portions of eastern Alabama to into the Atlantic off of
the Carolinas. This area of smoke may be mixed with nearby dust just
south into the Tropical Atlantic.

DUST:
Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea...
An area of Saharan dust extended across the Tropical Atlantic and through
to the western Caribbean Ocean and was also located north of Cuba.

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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.