DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z August 18, 2022
SMOKE: Much of Canada, Western and Central United States…. Fire activity over the western United States, southwestern Canada and northern Canada were combining to produce a large area of mostly light density smoke that was extending across most of the western and north central United States and also across northern and central Canada. Within this area localized areas of moderate to high density smoke were seen near the ongoing fire activity over the area. A larger area of moderate density smoke was also seen extending from northern Saskatchewan northeast towards portions of northern Quebec. Offshore the Southeastern United States to the Northern Gulf of Mexico…. An area of light density smoke, that was from the western United States fires, was extending from just offshore the Southeastern United States southwest through Florida to the northern Gulf of Mexico. DUST: Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Caribbean Sea…. An area of Saharan Dust was seen extending across the Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic Ocean and through the eastern Caribbean Islands and into the eastern Caribbean Sea. 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