DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0240Z August 23, 2022
SMOKE: Canada/Northern U.S.... Multiple wildfires continue to burn across western, central, and northern Canada, and the northwestern U.S. A large plume of predominantly light density smoke coves a large part of western Canada, the Pacific Northwest, the northern Great Plains, the Midwest, the Great Lakes, and extends to Newfoundland and the northwestern Atlantic. An area of moderate density smoke was detected from the central Northwestern Territories to the southeast covering most of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and parts of Manitoba. Heavier smoke plumes are present near the wildfires burning in the central-southern Northwestern Territories and northern Alberta/Saskatchewan. Several wildfires over northern California, western Oregon, and central Idaho are producing moderate to locally heavy density smoke areas. DUST: Caribbean... A thin plume of Saharan dust was visible moving westward across the central and western Caribbean. Konon 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