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DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z August 10, 2024

SMOKE:
Canada/North Central and Northwestern CONUS...
Smoke of varying density continues to be observed blanketing much
of western Canada and portions of the northwestern CONUS. The parent
wildfire activity remains across Northwest Canada, with some of the
activity extending south across the Canadian Rockies into the Pacific
Northwest, as well as across Central Saskatchewan. Active emissions
of thick smoke from the wildfires in northwestern Canada continue
to move northward across the Northwest Territory, then northeastward
across western Nunavut and the western Canadian Archipelago, as well as
engulfing over northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan.  Remnant smoke was
moving across central Nunavut and northern Hudson Bay into far northern
Manitoba. From there, remnant smoke is combining with active emissions
of moderate smoke across parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario,
where the smoke then curls toward the southeast. Some portion of mixed
active and remnant smoke emissions was also seen moving southeastward
over British Columbia and into the Pacific Northwest, where smoke is
then drawn eastward over the Intermountain West.

Gulf of Mexico/Eastern CONUS/North Atlantic...
Light remnant smoke was seen over portions of the Southeastern CONUS,
Mexican Gulf Coastal Plain, and parts of the Gulf of Mexico. The source of
this smoke is likely agricultural burning across the central and southern
Plains and southeastern U.S. along with, perhaps, remnant smoke from the
large wildfires out west. A cyclone over Ontario was allowing the light
smoke to move over the central and southern Plains into the Mississippi
Valley and Great Lakes. A second cyclone (Post-Tropical Cyclone Debby)
was also helping to concentrate some smoke over the Gulf Coast into the
Carolina Coast. There is also an area to the east of the cyclone where
some light smoke was seen over Quebec and extends eastward out over
the Atlantic.

DUST:
A moderate amount of Saharan Dust was seen traveling westward across the
Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. The dust was seen as far northwestward
as Bermuda and as far south as Northern Columbia and Venezuela.

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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.