Monday, August 22, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1710Z August 22, 2022

SMOKE:
Canada/Northern U.S. ...
Multiple wildfires continue to burn across western, central and northern
Canada, in addition to the northwestern U.S. resulting in a large
plume of predominantly light density smoke covering most of Canada,
while also extending from the northwestern U.S., passing through
the northern Great Plains, U.S. Midwest, Great Lakes, and reaching
Newfoundland and the northwestern Atlantic. An area of medium density
smoke was also seen from the central Northwestern Territories, to the
southeast southeast covering most of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and
central Manitoba. Heavier smoke plumes are present near the wildfires
burning in central-southern Northwestern Territories, and northern
Alberta and Saskatchewan. Additionally, the Six Rivers In the northwest
U.S. moderate to heavy density smoke was seen closer to the sources in
northern California, western Oregon, and east-central Idaho.

Most of the southern and eastern CONUS was cloud covered today precluding
further smoke analysis in these regions.


DUST:
Western Caribbean...
Light Saharan dust was visible moving westward across the central
Caribbean.


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.