Tuesday, September 10, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1410Z September 10, 2024

SMOKE:

Canada/United States/Atlantic Ocean...

Light to heavy density smoke attributed to a combination of wildfire
activity in both Central Oregon and Idaho, seasonal burns, and Canadian
wildfires, has produced a significant mass of smoke moving across the
North American continent. Starting from the Oregon / Idaho region, a thick
band of smoke was observed extending east parallel to the US/Canadian
border, before reaching the US North Central plains, where it blew North
into Canada. The smoke band went as far North as the Hudson Bay before
being pushed back down into the US. From there, the thickest portions of
the smoke band blew as far south as the Northern region of Louisiana, then
east around the Appalachian Mountains and out into the Atlantic Ocean.

California...
Due to the ongoing Cleveland National Forest wildfire, a band of Light to
Heavy density smoke was observed extending from the Trabuco Canyon to as
far South as Tijuana. From there, the band of smoke was pushed back and
was observed extending as North as the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

DUST:
A light amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across the
Atlantic Ocean towards the Lesser Antilles with a lighter amount of
Saharan Dust seen over the eastern Caribbean Sea.

Cardona

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.