DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z August 13, 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 then northeast through the Southeastern United States to off the Mid-Atlantic and New England coasts all ahead of a frontal passage. The parent fire activity resides over the Western CONUS and the Northwest Territory, with active smoke emissions seen from about a half dozen fires in the Northwest Territory moving east to east-southeast and from the Six Rivers Lightning Complex in northern California. Smaller, lighter active smoke emissions were seen emanating from other fires across the Pacific Northwest. DUST: Northeastern California and northwestern Nevada… Honey Lake in California north of Lake Tahoe, along with two other sources in northwestern Nevada east of Lake Tahoe, were observed producing blowing dust. The dust from Honey Lake was fairly thick and was moving jut north of due east, while the other two dust plumes were lighter and moved off to the east-southeast. 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. This area could be mixing with remnant smoke ahead of a frontal passage across the southeastern CONUS. Another area of Saharan Dust was seen extending westward across the Tropical Atlantic Ocean through the eastern Caribbean Islands and into the eastern Caribbean Sea and central Caribbean Islands. Hosley 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