Saturday, August 6, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0106Z August 7, 2022

SMOKE:
Central U.S., Northwestern and Southern Canada
Numerous wildfires throughout northern California, western Oregon,
central Washington state and southern British Columbia were observed
producing moderately dense to dense smoke near the sources throughout
the day. Remnant smoke presumed to be from these fires extended from
the coastal Pacific into northern California, southern Oregon and most
of Nevada. Residual smoke from fires in Washington is seen south/east
with the smoke extending across large sections of central/eastern
Washington state eastward into Idaho, western Montana and southern
Canada. Another area of light residual smoke can be seen stretching
from western Texas/eastern New Mexico east/north across the central and
southern Plains and into the southern sections of the Great Lakes region
and central sections of the Mississippi Valley region.

Northwestern Canada/Territories…
Numerous wildfires were observed across Northwest Territories producing
plumes of dense smoke generally moving northward. Remnant smoke from
these fires and possibly those in Alaska burning the last couple days was
observed across much of northwestern Canada extending east into central
sections of Northern Canada and down into the provinces of Alberta and
Saskatchewan. Some smaller areas and/or strips of dense smoke can be
seen within these areas.

New England, Southeastern Canada , Atlantic Ocean...
An area of generally light density residual smoke from the ongoing
wildfires was observed over New England and southeastern Canada continuing
east into the Atlantic Ocean.

Newfoundland...
A wildfire in eastern Newfoundland was seen producing heavy density smoke
that was moving generally east and then south. This smoke continued into
southeastern Newfoundland where it ran into cloud cover.

Tropical Atlantic/eastern Caribbean…
An area of Saharan dust was observed extending across the Tropical
Atlantic from west Africa and into northeastern Caribbean Sea.

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

 


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.