DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 2, 2022
SMOKE: North Central and Northwestern U.S./Southern Canada/Pacific off the Northwest U.S. Coast... A sizable area of smoke was observed across southwestern Canada, the western CONUS, northwestern Mexico, and the Pacific Ocean of California and Baja California. The parent activity resides across the Pacific northwest and western Canada. Active smoke emissions were seen from central Oregon and northwestern California extending west offshore then south along the southwestern Oregon and northwestern California coast. Wildfire activity from southern British Columbia into Idaho was producing varying density smoke that was moving ESE to SE. Northeastern British Columbia/northwestern Alberta… Wildfire activity in northeastern British Columbia began producing moderate to thick smoke that was moving east to east-southeast extending into northern Alberta. Central California... A wildfire in the Sierras was seen producing varying density smoke that was moving west-northwest this afternoon and evening across the San Joaquin Valley. Mississippi Valley into the southeastern CONUS… Seasonal agricultural burning was seen across an area from Missouri into Georgia, with the greatest density in eastern Arkansas. Smoke was mainly moving southwest. Widespread cloud cover moved over this activity during the late afternoon, which prevented the analysis of smoke over much of the area. DUST: Caribbean... Saharan Dust was seen extending across the Tropical Atlantic and across the Caribbean this afternoon. The leading edge was moving west across Cuba. Hosley 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