DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 23300Z August 4, 2026
SMOKE: Canada... Wildfires in southern British Columbia persisted, but heavy cloud cover over the area limited smoke detection from the satellite imagery this evening. CONUS... A large area of moderate-to-heavy density smoke was observed from the Pacific Northwest, extending southeastward into Texas and northeastward into the Great lakes region. A large area of light-density smoke was observed across a major portion of the U.S., extending west in the Pacific Ocean, north into Canada, and south into the Gulf of America. Pacific Northwest... Wildfires in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada, and British Columbia were observed producing heavy-density smoke plumes drifting toward the southwest into the Pacific Ocean. California... The Gann Fire in Calaveras County, California was observed producing moderate-to-heavy density smoke drifting northward this evening. Mexico... Light smoke covered the region from Baja and the Pacific coast to the western Gulf, and spread south into Guatemala. YL 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