DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z September 5, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Pacific Ocean/Atlantic Ocean... The continued wildfire activity across northwestern and central Canada, northwestern United States lead to light-to-moderate density smoke which was observed blowing throughout northwestern and central Canada into the Atlantic Ocean, as well as and drifting southwards into the northwestern United States. The northwestern United States wildfires with light-to-moderate density smoke traveling westward into the Pacific Ocean. Oregon/Idaho/Montana... Due to the continual wildfires in Oregon and the Boise National Park region (Western Idaho), a large area of light-to-moderate density smoke was observed blowing westward through Oregon, and into the Pacific Ocean. Currier 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