Thursday, August 8, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 8, 2024

SMOKE:
Canada/North Central and Southeastern United States/Atlantic Ocean...
Smoke of varying density was observed over an expansive area stretching
from Alaska and the Arctic to Central California, Baffin Island,
the Great Lakes, and the North Atlantic. Active smoke emissions were
observed emanating from wildfires across Yukon, Northwest Territories,
British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and the West Coast with the thickest
emissions emanating from Northwest Territory. The thick smoke exists
over Northwest Territory and Nunavut, with smoke of moderate density
observed from the Tri-Province region northward then both westward over
Alaska and eastward across Northwest Territory and Nunavut. Moderate
density smoke was also seen over portions of Quebec.  Smoke emissions
from central Saskatchewan were seen moving south-southwest.

Gulf of Mexico and surrounding areas…
Light remnant smoke was seen over portions of the Southeastern CONUS,
Mexican Gulf Coastal Plain, the Gulf of Mexico, and portions of the NW
Caribbean. The likely source of this smoke is likely agricultural burning
across the central and southern Plains and southeastern CONUS. The smoke
from agricultural burning was seen initiating across the south-central
to southeastern CONUS moving off toward the east-southeast to southeast.

DUST:
A moderate amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across
the Atlantic Ocean just about as far west as the Lesser Antilles to
east-southeast of Bermuda. The leading edge continues to move westward
to west-northwestward approaching Bermuda and the Virgin Islands

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.