DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1540Z July 31, 2022

SMOKE:
Northern U.S./Southern Canada...
A large area of mostly light density smoke, from the fires ongoing over
the Western United States, was extending across most of the northern
portions of the United States and southern Canada to portions of the
northern New England and portions of eastern Quebec.  Within this area,
a rather large area of high density smoke was seen near the ongoing fire
activity and extending from northern California north through much of
Oregon and east through Idaho, northern Nevada, southern Montana, parts
of Wyoming and northern Utah and Colorado.  Another area of moderate
density smoke was seen well to the east over portions of eastern Quebec
and New Brunswick.

Southeastern United States Coastal Locations….
An area of light density smoke from the western United States fire
activity that might also be mixed with some Saharan Dust was seen along
coastal locations of the Southeastern United States extending from
northern Florida to North Carolina and extending offshore.

DUST:
Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea...
An area of Saharan dust extended across the Tropical Atlantic and through
the eastern and central Caribbean Islands and was approaching the western
Caribbean Sea.

Hanna

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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.