Friday, September 2, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 3, 2022

SMOKE:
Much of the CONUS/Western Canada/Ontario/Nearshore Pacific/Atlantic...
A large area of smoke was observed across western Canada, eastern Canada,
much of the CONUS, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean. The main
contributors to the large area of smoke are primarily from wildfire
activity burning across the Pacific northwest and western Canada. A
number of thick density plumes were observed across northwestern U.S
and Western Canada, with the most impressive plume emanating from the
Cedar Creek Fire in central Oregon and extending north-northwest over
Portland then arcing northeastward to southeastward across Washington
State, just entering southern British Columbia. Other wildfire activity
in northwestern Washington State and southern British Columbia was
producing thick smoke extending across British Columbia into Alberta,
while persistent wildfires in northern California were producing thick
smoke moving north into Oregon. The smoke plumes over Idaho were generally
moving north to northeast, but at a lesser speed than the previously
mentioned plumes. From the Pacific Northwest, moderate smoke was extending
east-southeast across Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa,
Wisconsin, northern Michigan, and into eastern Ontario ahead of a cold
front. Some very light smoke was seen having made it out to the Atlantic
along another front extending  northeast from the Carolinas.

Northeastern British Columbia/northern Alberta...
Wildfire activity in northeastern British Columbia was observed producing
thick smoke seen extending northeastward across northern Alberta. Remnant
smoke was seen having moved east and southeast into the northern half
and southeastern portions of Saskatchewan, barely reaching the US border
with North Dakota.

Eastern Kansas…
A couple agricultural burns were noted across eastern Kansas, where the
light to perhaps moderate smoke was moving west-northwestward.

Mississippi Valley into the Southeast…
Smoke plumes from agricultural burning from Arkansas into Mississippi
were observed moving northwestward. It is likely that further smoke
plumes are present, but the presence of scattered to broken cloud cover
was inhibiting the ability to analyze smoke across Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana, and northern Florida. Smoke from these locations would likely
also move northwestward given the direction low-level clouds were moving.

DUST:
Tropical Atlantic…
Saharan Dust was seen extending from Africa west to about 50W over a
tropical disturbance north-northwest of Cabo Verde.

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

 


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.