DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z September 3, 2022
SMOKE: Western and Central U.S/Western Canada/Ontario/Nearshore Pacific... A large area of smoke was observed across western Canada, parts of southern Ontario and Quebec, western and central U.S with the exception of Minnesota and nearby regions, 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. Cloud cover engulfed over eastern Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, where a number of thick density plumes were observed being produced by the wildfires earlier this week. A sizable patch of thick density smoke from the wildfires in western Canada and northwestern U.S was observed engulfing most of central and southern Alberta, parts of eastern British Columbia and western Saskatchewan. Another sizable area of moderate dense smoke was observed covering the same regions mention previously as the thick smoke along with the addition of Pacific northwest. Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan... A large detached plume of thick dense smoke was observed moving east across northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. This is likely produced from wildfire activity in northeastern British Columbia mentioned in previous analysis. Mississippi Valley into the Southeast… Smoke plumes from agricultural burning from Arkansas into Mississippi were observed moving northwestward in previous analysis however broken cloud cover over the regions has blocked any smoke analysis for this morning. DUST: Tropical Atlantic… Saharan Dust was seen extending from Africa west to about 50W over a tropical disturbance north-northwest of Cabo Verde. 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