DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1640Z August 2, 2022
SMOKE: Northern and Southern U.S./Southern Canada... A large area of light to moderate density smoke from the ongoing fires ongoing over the Western United States and southern Canada was extending across most of the northern U.S and southern Canada into the Atlantic coast off of New England region where it may have mixed with dust down south from the Tropical Atlantic. The smoke extended further south in the southern U.S, as far as central Texas. Within the large of smoke, various wildfires mainly in the southern portions of British Columbia were observed producing moderate to heavy dense smoke moving eastward into Alberta. In addition, heavy cloud cover over the northern and western U.S obstructed vision for many of the large wildfires that are contributing to the large area of smoke for this mornings analysis. Montana... A wildfire in northwest Montana continues to produce moderate density smoke that was moving east contributing to the large area of light to moderate density smoke across the northern U.S. and Canada. DUST: Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean Sea/Gulf of Mexico ... An area of Saharan dust extended across the Tropical Atlantic and through to the most of the Caribbean and extending as far as the western Gulf of Mexico. 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