DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 2, 2023
SMOKE: Northern U.S./Canada... The expansive region of light smoke continues to be analyzed across Alaska, much of Canada, the central and eastern CONUS, and portions of the North Atlantic. The thickest smoke resides over central Canada across the central Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and out over the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Smoke is moving east-southeast across central Canada to western Ontario, where the some then moves south-southeast across Michigan. The smoke over the Mid-Atlantic and northwestern Atlantic is drifting southward. Western U.S./Southwestern Canada... Smoke continues to be emitted from wildfire activity across the northwestern CONUS and southern British Columbia. The wildfire activity is isolated across Washington and Oregon while the wildfire activity is more concentrated across southern BC, western Montana, and Idaho. The light to moderate smoke was seen moving northeastward to eastward and observed as far east as eastern Montana and southwestern Saskatchewan. 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