DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 21, 2022
SMOKE: Southeast U.S/Mississippi Valley... Residual light to moderate density smoke from the previous day seasonal burns and current burning from today was seen in the Mississippi Valley east into the Southeast US. Smoke from the numerous was seen from Louisiana north to southeast Missouri, southern Illinois and east from Mississippi across Alabama, Georgia, northern Florida including the panhandle, southern South Carolina and along the Gulf Coat and off parts of the southeast coast. Northern Rockies/Northern Plains... Residual light density smoke from the previous day wildfires in the Pacific Northwest was seen extending east from northern Idaho, across Montana, North Dakota and south into South Dakota, Nebraska and reaching as far as western Minnesota. Pacific Northwest... A large wildfire in west-central Oregon has spread light to moderate density smoke primarily to the east-southeast. A light density plume from this wildfire was also detected spreading to the west covering most of western Oregon. Wildfires burning in northern Washington have produced smoke spreading east across northern Washington, southern British Columbia and into northern Idaho. Western/Central Canada: Smoke from wildfires burning in northern/eastern British Colombia over the last few days can be seen spreading from southern section of the territories east in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Central California: Numerous fires burning in the Central Valley have emitted mostly light to some moderate density smoke across the region. Central Utah: A few wildfires in central Utah have emitted moderate to heavy smoke and has moved east and northeast from source. JK 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