DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0042Z July 27, 2022
SMOKE: Northwestern Canada... An area of light to moderate density smoke was detected over the northern parts of the Yukon and Northwest Territories, this was most likely due to fires in Alaska along with fires within that area that is cloud covered preventing the detection of every fire. Fires along The southern Yukon and Northwest Territories was producing At least light to moderate smoke that was seen stretching south over parts of British Columbia and Alberta. California/Nevada/Oregon/Utah... A large area of light to heavy density smoke from wildfires in central California was moving north covering all of central and northern California (into the Pacific), most of Oregon and parts of Nevada. Heaviest density smoke can be seen moving around the source in central California. Idaho... The Moose Fire in east central Idaho was observed producing moderate smoke which moved to the east into parts of Montana, Wyoming, The Dakotas, Nebraska and looks to possibly mix with smoke from northwestern Canada in Minnesota. Heavy cloud cover throughout our area or responsibility precluded a more detailed smoke analysis this evening. DUST: Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea... An area of Saharan dust extended across the Tropical Atlantic with a portion extending through the eastern/central Caribbean Sea and north off the southeast coast of the U.S., mainly Florida. 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