DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z August 12, 2022
SMOKE: United States and Canada…. A large area of thin to locally moderate density smoke was seen extending from the Pacific Northwest of the United States and western Canada to the north and east over western and southern Canada. The smoke then extends south through most of the Central United States to the western Gulf of Mexico and northeast through the Southeastern United States to New England. The smoke over the central and northeastern United States is from a combination of smoke from the wildfires in northwestern Canada as well as the northwestern part of the United States. The smoke over the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada is from the wildfires in the northwestern United States with some contribution from a few wildfires in southwestern Canada. Within this area of smoke, moderate density smoke was seen over the Pacific Northwest over western Oregon and western Washington and also extending from the eastern Northwest Territories to northern Manitoba. DUST: Southeast United States Coastal Areas, Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Caribbean Islands…. An area of Saharan Dust was seen along the coastal locations and offshore the Southeastern United States and extending southeast through Florida and into the Central Gulf of Mexico. Another area of Saharan Dust was seen extending across the Tropical Atlantic Ocean through the eastern Caribbean Islands and into the eastern Caribbean Sea and central Caribbean Islands. 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