DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1725Z August 25, 2024

SMOKE:
Canada/United States/Atlantic Ocean...
An exceptionally large area of smoke attributed to a combination the large
amount of wildfire activity across western Canada and the United States,
and seasonal burning throughout the Southeastern United States, continues
to impact significant portions of Canada, the United States and parts of
the north Atlantic Ocean. Light density smoke was seen blanketing most
Canada and extended south through the Mississippi Valley and the Coastal
Atlantic region of the United States. Light-to-medium density smoke was
observed in parts of western and central Canada, and continued moving
east into the northern Atlantic Ocean. Cloud cover throughout most of
Canada, the Pacific Northwest and the Western United States prevented a
more detailed analysis of smoke density this morning. However, based on
past observations it can be assumed that medium-to-heavy density smoke
is present in the areas previously mentioned, close to active fires that
have been seen in recent days, but are concealed by cloud cover.

DUST:
A light amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across the
Atlantic Ocean towards the Lesser Antilles.

Willkens

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.