DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z September 19, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Atlantic Ocean... A layer of light density smoke attributed to a combination of seasonal burning throughout the United States and wildfire activity across northwestern Canada continues to be seen this evening. This large area of smoke was observed extending east from the Northwest Territories and Alberta and through the Hudson Bay and central Quebec, before extending further east across the Labrador Sea and into the northern Atlantic Ocean, close to the western coasts of Europe. Areas of moderate density smoke were seen in close proximity to wildfire activity within the southern parts of the Northwest Territories and northeast Manitoba, as well as off the coasts of the Northeastern United States. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across the central and northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean with a light amount seen over the northern Caribbean Sea and the Caribbean Islands. Rodriguez 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