DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z August 14, 2024
SMOKE: Canada and Northeastern CONUS... A layer of varying density smoke was seen continuing to blanket a large area covering much of Canada and the northwestern, central, and eastern CONUS. Smoke from the ongoing wildfire activity in northern, central, and western Canada was moderate to thick in density. The thick smoke was moving east-northeast and east across Canada to the Canadian Archipelago, where an anticyclone over Hudson Bay is incorporating the thick smoke into its circulation. From there, some is moving east-southeast to southeast across Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime Provinces, and the Northeastern CONUS. Some of the thick smoke is also being drawn south and southeastward due to a cyclone over northern Alberta. Northwestern, central, and southeastern CONUS/GOMEX/Atlantic Ocean... Active smoke emissions were also observed emanating from fires across the Pacific Northwest. The moderate to thick smoke was seen moving west-northwest from the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West into the Dakotas, where the smoke then begins to move southeast. The smoke moves that way to the Carolinas and offshore. As the smoke reaches those locations, some is drawn south-southwestward across the southeastern CONUS into the northern Gulf of Mexico and southern Plains and Mississippi Valley by high pressure centered over northern Arkansas. SMOKE/DUST: Northern Atlantic… An area of likely mixed smoke and dust was seen moving east-northeastward across the Atlantic. The area is likely remnant smoke from Canada coupled with an area of Saharan Dust that broke off a day or two ago from the main area of Saharan Dust described below. DUST: Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea... A moderate amount of Saharan Dust was seen extending westward from the African Coast to the western Caribbean as far as Jamaica and eastern Cuba. 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