DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0047Z August 28, 2022

SMOKE:
Northwestern Canada to eastern U.S....
Wildfires in the Yukon and Northwest Territories have produced large
amounts of dense smoke that extends over northern Alberta, with moderate
smoke extending southward to central Ontario. Lighter remnant smoke from
these fires, as well as remnant smoke from wildfires in the western
U.S., also covers much of North America, extending from Hudson Bay in
the North to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, and from the Great Plains
eastward to central Quebec and the U.S. Atlantic coast before being
obscured by clouds.

Northwestern United States...
The Rum Creek fire in southwestern Oregon, as well as other wildfires
in northern California, were producing areas of light to heavy density
smoke extending southward along the Pacific coastal regions and out over
the ocean itself. Lighter density smoke was noted over the region.

Central California...
Two wildfires in east-central California was seen producing light
to moderate density smoke that was moving northwest towards the Rum
Creek fire.


DUST:
An area of Saharan dust was observed to the northeast of the Leeward
Islands moving westward earlier today.

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.