DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z August 26, 2024

SMOKE:
Canada/United States/Atlantic Ocean...
An exceptionally large area of smoke attributed to a combination of
the large amount of wildfire activity across western Canada and the
Northwest region of 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 northern Atlantic Ocean. Light
density smoke was seen blanketing most of Canada, south through the
Mississippi Valley and continued to 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. Several small areas of moderate smoke were seen emanating
from wildfires located in central Saskatchewan, Idaho and western Montana
and remained close to the source. Cloud cover throughout the majority of
Canada prevented a more detailed analysis of smoke density today. However,
based on past observations it is likely that medium-to-heavy density
smoke is present close to active fires in the areas previously mentioned
but is concealed by cloud cover.

DUST:
A moderate 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.