DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0103Z August 9, 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 moderate to heavy smoke emissions were observed from wildfires across the Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the West Coast with the thickest emissions seen in the Northwest Territory. The moderate to thick smoke continues over Northwest Territory and Nunavut. Moderate to thick smoke plumes could be seen later this evening in California, Washington, and Oregon. Other fire detection's in Idaho and Utah looked to be releasing at least moderate density smoke but cloud cover over the areas precluded further smoke analysis. 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 source of this smoke is agricultural burning across the central and southern Plains and southeastern U.S. along with remnant smoke from the large wildfires out west. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across the Atlantic Ocean where the leading edge continues to move westward into the eastern Caribbean Sea. Eglin 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