Monday, August 29, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 29, 2022

SMOKE:
Northwestern Canada to eastern U.S....
Wildfires in the Yukon and Northwest Territories have contributed to a
large area of remnant light density smoke, extending from south-central
of the Northwest Territories through eastern Saskatchewan and into the
U.S, where the smoke covers most of the Great Plains and Eastern U.S,
reaching the Atlantic coast. Cloud cover over most of Western and Eastern
Canada prevented any further smoke analysis closer to the source of
the wildfires.

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 northward along the Pacific coastal regions and into parts of
the ocean while lighter density smoke was progressed more eastward into
the regions.

Idaho…
Numerous wildfires throughout central and southern Idaho were observed
producing light smoke plumes. A wildfire in east-central Idaho was
observed producing a large  patch of light density smoke moving east
across the states and bordering the state of Montana. Thick density
smoke was also seen from the same fire, more closer to the source.

DUST:
An area of Saharan dust was observed moving westward through the northern
Leeward Islands and reaching the outskirts of eastern Puerto Rico.

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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.