Tuesday, August 23, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1632Z August 23, 2022

SMOKE:
Canada/Northern U.S. ...
Multiple large 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 much of Canada,
while also extending from the northwestern U.S., passing through the
northern Great Plains, U.S. Midwest, and the Great Lakes where the smoke
runs into cloud cover. An area of medium density smoke was also seen
from the central Northwestern Territories, to the southeast southeast
covering parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan, central Manitoba and far
western Ontario. Heavier smoke plumes are present near the wildfires
burning in central-southern Northwestern Territories, northern Alberta and
Saskatchewan. Additionally, the Six Rivers In the northwest U.S. could
be seen producing moderate to heavy density smoke closer to the sources
in northern California, western Oregon, and east-central Idaho.


DUST:
Caribbean...
A thin plume of Saharan dust was visible moving westward across the
central and western 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.