Sunday, August 11, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0128Z August 12, 2024

SMOKE:
Canada/North Central and Northwestern CONUS...
Smoke of varying density, ranging from moderate to thick density smoke
continued to be observed blanketing much of Canada and portions of
the northwestern CONUS. The parent wildfire activity remains across
Northwest Canada, with some of the activity extending south across the
Canadian Rockies and the Pacific Northwest, as well as across Central
Saskatchewan. Thick density smoke continues to persist, with the active
emissions from the wildfires observed over majority northern Canada, where
the smoke continued to move northward through the Northwest Territory,
then northeastward across majority Nunavut, and eastward across the
northern region of the Hudson Bay. Other areas of thick density smoke
were observed engulfing over central Saskatchewan southern Manitoba,
California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

Gulf of Mexico/Eastern CONUS/North Atlantic...
Light remnant smoke was seen over portions of the Southeastern CONUS,
Mexican Gulf Coastal Plain, Atlantic Ocean, and parts of the Gulf of
Mexico. The source of this smoke is likely agricultural burning across
the central and southern Plains and southeastern U.S. along with remnant
smoke from the large wildfires out west. Several topical cyclone systems
most likely allowed large areas of smoke to concentrate throughout
portions of the Gulf of Mexico and into the eastern United States and
the Northern Atlantic Ocean.

DUST:
A moderate amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across
the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Caribbean Sea toward Puerto Rico.

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

 


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.