Tuesday, August 30, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 30, 2022

SMOKE:
Central and Eastern U.S./Canada...
Wildfires in the Yukon and Northwest Territories have contributed to a
large area of remnant light density smoke, extending from south-central
part of the Northwest Territories through a large part of Saskatchewan
and and Manitoba and into the U.S., where the smoke covers most of the
Great Plains
and the Mid-West. A patch of remnant smoke that extends through parts
of the Eastern U.S, from Alabama to New England region, and likely to
part of the large area of remnant smoke mention previously, but cloud
cover has created a line of division between the two areas of smoke.

Northwestern U.S...
Wildfires over central/western Oregon, northwestern California, and
central Idaho
combined to produce a large area of light density smoke that extends
through most of the Northwestern U.S and parts of southern British
Columbia. In addition, a patch of moderate smoke, contributed from the
Rum Creek Fire in Oregon and wildfires in northwestern California, was
observed extending along the Pacific Coast while engulfing the regions
of northern California to southwestern Oregon. Thick density smoke was
observed closer to the sources of the fire, most notably the Rum Creek
Fire in Oregon and northwestern California.


DUST:
Caribbean...
A thin plume of Saharan dust was detected just off the outskirts of
eastern
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

 


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.