DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z September 9, 2023

SMOKE:
Canada/U.S./Atlantic Ocean off the U.S. and Canada East Coast/Pacific
Ocean southwest of Mexico...
The numerous large wildfires continued to burn especially in portions of
British Columbia, northern Alberta, and the southern part of the Northwest
Territories this morning. A large area of smoke mainly attributed to
these fires covers most of western/central and northeast Canada, south
into the Central US reaching east into the Mississippi Valley, and parts
of northwestern U.S and the Pacific Ocean along the coast of western U.S
and Canada. Another area smoke extends along the Mexico coast into western
Mexico and north along the coast and into the southwestern U.S. An area of
moderately dense to dense smoke extends across northern British Columbia,
northern/central Alberta/Saskatchewan, most of Manitoba, south into the
northern/central Plains and Mississippi Valley and as far north as the
Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Within this area, thick density smoke
was seen over mainly northern Canada and extending south across most
of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The large area of moderate density smoke
likely had contributions from both the large wildfires in Canada and
several wildfires/agricultural burning scattered across the Central U.S.

DUST:
Atlantic Ocean…
Saharan dust continues to be observed over west Africa/off the coast
and east across the Atlantic.


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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.