DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1520Z August 3, 2022
SMOKE: Northern and Southern United States, Southern Canada and the Atlantic Ocean... A large area of light to moderate density smoke, from the ongoing fires over the western United States and southern Canada, was extending across most of the United States and portions of southern Canada to off the eastern United States coastline and then extending northeast off of southern New England and into the northern Atlantic Ocean. The southern portion of the area of smoke was also likely a result of a few fires over Texas. Within the large area of smoke, localized moderate to high density smoke was seen closer to the fire activity over the western United States. There were also several areas of moderate density smoke with those being over the Southern Plains from Oklahoma north/northeast to Missouri and also from Wyoming to Idaho. DUST: Tropical Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Southern Gulf of Mexico ... An area of Saharan dust was extending across the Tropical Atlantic, through the Caribbean Sea and extending into the southern Gulf of Mexico. Hanna 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