DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z August 4, 2023
SMOKE: United States, including Alaska, Canada, Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean…. Wildfires over Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific Northwest of U.S. continued to produce a very large area of smoke that extends from Alaska through Yukon and Northwest Territories and over most of Canada except for the far eastern half of the country. In the U.S. smoke was seen over sections of northwest California, northern Oregon, most of Washington state, northern/central sections of Montana, Idaho and through parts of the Northern and Central Plains and then to the east coast and into the Atlantic ocean and as far south as northern Florida and Gulf of Mexico. Moderately dense to very dense smoke is seen from eastern Alaska, through the territories and across most of northern British Columbia, northern/central Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and western Quebec before spreading south into Great Lakes region. This smoke is mostly from the Alaska, northern Canada wildfires. Moderate to high density smoke from wildfires in the Pacific northwest and parts of southeast British Columbia was seen over central/eastern Washington, southern British Columbia, northern/central sections of Idaho and Montana and into southern/central Alberta and Saskatchewan. The smoke from both sets of wildfires is combining in part of central Canada. DUST: Atlantic Ocean… Moderate to high density Saharan dust was seen moving west off the west Africa coast and extending west into the eastern and central Atlantic ocean. JK 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