DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1640Z September 4, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Northwestern U.S./Canada/Pacific off the Northwest U.S. Coast... A massive area of light density smoke produced was observed across the central and eastern regions of the Northwest Territories, majority of provinces in Canada extending from British Columbia to central Ontario, western U.S with the smoke extending into Pacific ocean southwest of California, and through the central U.S, reaching Texas and parts of central-eastern U.S before being blocked by cloud cover. The main contributors are primarily from the wildfire activity across the Pacific Northwest and western Canada. In addition, a large area of moderate density smoke was observed extending east-northeastward from California and Oregon through most of Idaho and Montana and engulfing all of central Canada from parts of British Columbia to western Ontario, where some of this smoke moves south down into parts of North Dakota and Minnesota. A large patch of thick dense smoke was observed moving east across Canada, engulfing majority of Alberta and northern Saskatchewan, along with parts of northern Montana. Another notable area of thick smoke was observed extending east-northeast across central Oregon and north-central Idaho, fueled by the wildfires in the NW U.S and contributing to the large area of thick smoke mentioned previously. Cloud cover was most notable over British Columbia, where a number of wildfires are responsible for the smoke across Canada and parts of the U.S, and eastern U.S, preventing any further in depth smoke analysis for this morning. DUST: Tropical Atlantic... Saharan Dust was seen extending west across the Atlantic from Africa, just north-northwest of Cabo Verde islands. Nguyen 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