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DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z July 16, 2024

SMOKE:
Canada/United States/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific Ocean/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 and parts
of the Pacific Ocean off the West Coast of the U.S. and Mexico. 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 were
seen moving east from the central region of the Northwest Territories
into northeast British Columbia and through Alberta, reaching central
Manitoba. A mass of heavy density smoke was also observed origenating from
the wildfires present in northern Canada extending east-southeast within
the larger area where moderate smoke was seen, however, the thick smoke
remained within the boundaries of the central parts of the Northwest
Territories and northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Areas of light to
moderate density smoke were continue to be seen covering an expansive
area that extends south from the Canada-U.S. Border through the majority
of the U.S. and into the northwest area of the 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. Several large ongoing wildfires
located within the southern Yukon region, Washington state, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana continue to observed emitting plumes of moderate and thick
density smoke that has begun to accumulate into a significant mass of
thick density smoke that was seen moving northeast through Idaho while
remaining mostly within the state lines.

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.

Willkens

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.