DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1420Z July 13, 2024
SMOKE: Northeastern British Columbia/Alberta/US Northwest/US Central Plains Light to heavy density smoke continued emanating from the ongoing fires in Northeastern British Columbia and eastern Alberta, were observed dispersing from a large portion of Alaska, over large portions of the Continental US/Canadian interior/Atlantic Seaboard. Washington State... Observations from satellite imagery over Northeast Washington indicate that the ongoing Pioneer Wildfire has split into two separate events, with one moving North along the eastern bank of Lake Chelan, whereas the other is shifting north into the mountainside. Within the narrow valley, Light to Heavy density smoke from both fires are mixing together and were being funneled towards the South along Lake Chelan. It also mixed into the overall smoke covering the US Central Plains. Oregon... Light to Heavy density smoke was observed emanating from both the ongoing Falls Wildfire (Central Oregon) and Cow Valley wildfire (Eastern Oregon). Together, the combined smoke drifted into Northern California, Nevada, and Idaho. It also mixed into the overall smoke covering the US Central Plains. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Central America/Cuba/Hispaniola/Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light to moderate smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Central America and northern South America was observed today over southern Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean off the southern coastline of Mexico, and east over the northern Caribbean Sea. Moderate smoke was visible over the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America. Aerosols from a composite of volcanic emissions and industrial sources in Mexico contributed to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke seen in these regions today. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan dust was seen moving westward into the Atlantic Ocean, a lighter amount of Saharan dust was seen moving into the eastern Caribbean Sea toward Puerto Rico. Cardona 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