Friday, September 2, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z September 2, 2022

SMOKE:
North Central and Northwestern U.S/Western and Southern Canada/Pacific
off the Northwest U.S. Coast...
A large area of smoke was observed across southwestern Canada, the western
CONUS,  and the Pacific Ocean of California. The main contributors to the
large area of smoke are primarily from the fire activity residing across
the Pacific northwest and western Canada. A number of thick density
plumes were observed across northwestern U.S and British Columbia,
most notably a massive plume moving northeast into Washington from the
wildfire in Central Oregon and a patch residing over northern Idaho and
northwestern Montana from the wildfires scattered across their respective
regions. Wildfire activity from southern British Columbia into Idaho was
producing light to moderate dense smoke that was moving east/southeast
into the Midwest and Ontario respectively.

Northeastern British Columbia/northern Alberta...
Wildfire activity in northeastern British Columbia was observed producing
a moderate smoke that was moving east across northern Alberta, while
thick smoke was concentrated in British Columbia.

Central California...
A wildfire in the Sierras was seen producing varying density smoke that
was moving west-northwest across the San Joaquin Valley.

DUST:
Caribbean...
An area of light Saharan dust was observed across the Caribbean before
running into cloud cover.

Nguyen


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.