DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z September 13, 2023
SMOKE: Canada, United States, North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Mexico…. Numerous major wildfires continue to burn in western and northwestern Canada resulting in significant smoke with an area of thick smoke seen over western Saskatchewan, eastern Alberta and the southern Northwest Territories. Moderate density smoke was seen extending from this area east through central Canada towards portions of northern Quebec. The much larger surrounding area of mainly thin density smoke attributed primarily to the Canadian wildfires covered virtually all of Canada, the central and eastern United States, the northern Gulf of Mexico, northern Mexico, the eastern Pacific Ocean and some of the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East coast and eastern Canada coast. Hanna 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