DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0131Z September 11, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/Central U.S... Intense wildfire activity continues to be observed across British Columbia, northern Alberta, and southern Northwest Territories, with heavy smoke covering northern British Columbia, northern Alberta, and central-southern Northwest Territories, and medium-density smoke expanding outward from those areas and reaching northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba and over the western Hudson Bay. Additional light density smoke extended across most of Canada, as well as further to the south covering most of the U.S. Great Plains where mixing was seen with smoke from agricultural burning in the Mississippi Valley and southeastern states. Agricultural burning was responsible for medium density smoke over the Mississippi Valley this afternoon. Northern California... A fire in northern California could be seen producing a light to moderate density smoke which moved to the northeast over southwestern Oregon. Southwestern Mexico... A plume of light density smoke was observed off the southwestern coast of Mexico extending for at least 1,000 miles over the Pacific. 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