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