DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0114Z August 3, 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 coastal Atlantic off of the New England. The smoke extended further south in the southern U.S, as far as southern Texas. Within the large area of smoke, various wildfires mainly in the southern portions of British Columbia were observed producing moderate to heavy dense smoke moving eastward into Alberta. A large area of moderate density smoke was visible over all of Iowa, and parts of Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Arkansas. 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. California... A wildfire in northern California was seen through cloud cover producing moderate density smoke that was moving north and east into cloud cover. Montana... A wildfire in northwest Montana continues to produce moderate to heavy density smoke that was moving east contributing to the large area of light to moderate density smoke across the northern U.S. and Canada. Idaho... The Moose Fire in east central Idaho was observed producing moderate to heavy density smoke expanding eastward into cloud cover. DUST: Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean Sea/Gulf of Mexico ... An area of Saharan dust extended across the Tropical Atlantic, through the Caribbean Sea and extending to the the western Gulf of Mexico. 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