DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0136Z October 17, 2022
SMOKE: Pacific Northwest, Western Canada, Southern Canada... A large area of light density smoke with some areas of moderate to localized high density smoke from the ongoing fires over the Pacific Northwest and western Canada was extending from portions of western Canada, the Pacific Northwest off the coast of the United States and southwestern Canada through British Columbia, Alberta and into the Northwest Territories. Within this area of smoke, several larger areas of moderate density smoke were seen over Oregon, Washington, southern and Northern British Columbia as well as off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Moderate to thick density was observed over the southern region of the Northwest Territories bordering and spreading southeast over parts of Alberta and Manitoba. Central and Eastern U.S./Southeastern Canada/Northern Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic off the U.S. East Coast... A large mass of generally thin density smoke covered portions of the central U.S. and much of the eastern and southeastern U.S., along with a sliver of southeastern Canada. The thinner density smoke was also seen over the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic just off the east coast of the U.S. This smoke was likely due to a combination of the continuing wildfire activity in northwestern Canada and daily seasonal/agricultural type fire activity occurring especially in the south central and southeastern U.S. Within this larger area of thin density smoke was a stripe of moderate density smoke which stretched from Iowa to the east and reaching central Ohio. 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