DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 9, 2022
SMOKE: Southern Canada/Northwestern U.S./Great Plains/Western Great Lakes... Remnant smoke from the numerous wildfires across the Pacific northwest region was observed extending eastward as far as James Bay in Canada and the western Great Lakes region, extending southward through the Great Plains to the Texas Panhandle. A few areas of moderate smoke were observed within this area, including western Kansas and from southern Minnesota to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In addition, smoke from the Six Rivers fires in northwestern California extended out over the Pacific Ocean up to Vancouver Island in British Columbia. DUST: Tropical Atlantic, Caribbean Sea... An area of Saharan dust was observed extending from the west African coast across the tropical Atlantic Ocean to near the Leeward Islands. An additional area of Saharan dust was seen off the U.S. southeast Atlantic coast north of the Bahamas. MTC 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