DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0101Z July 16, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean... A significant amount of mixed density smoke attributed to a combination of seasonal fire activity in the United States and numerous wildfires throughout northern Canada, Washington State, Oregon, California, Montana, Utah, Idaho, and Arizona covered an extensive area including northern Canada, the majority of the Continental United States. This mixed density smoke was seen extending east through the entirety of Canada from the Yukon Province into the Labrador Sea before extending further east into the Northern Atlantic Ocean. Areas of moderate density smoke was seen moving southeast from the central region of the Northwest Territories into northeast Alberta and through the southern Canadian provinces reaching central Ontario. A mass of heavy smoke was observed originating from the wildfires in northern Canada extending southeast with the moderate smoke but ends in Saskatchewan. Areas of light to moderate density smoke were observed extending south from the U.S./Canadian border through the majority of the U.S. and into the northern Gulf of Mexico. Western United States... Moderate to thick density smoke attributed to numerous ongoing wildfires throughout the Western United States was observed this morning covering a widespread area within the region. A large wildfire located in north-central Washington state was seen emitting a large plume of thick density smoke earlier today that extended north into southern British Columbia and east into Idaho and the northwest corner of Montana. Wildfires throughout Washington State, Oregon, California, Montana, Utah, Idaho were observed releasing significant amounts of moderate to heavy density smoke this evening adding to the conglomerate of smoke. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan dust was observed over the Atlantic Ocean with light amounts of Saharan dust seen over the majority of the 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