DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z September 11, 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... Three large fires just east of Los Angles were all releasing thick smoke this evening as well as earlier today. The heavy plumes of smoke were generally moving northeast into Nevada but some light to moderate smoke remained around the area from earlier heavy burning. This smoke covered portions of the southwestern US, Northern Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. 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. Eglin 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