DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0055Z September 26, 2023
SMOKE: Canada, Central United States, Eastern United States, Pacific Northwest United States, North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific Ocean off of Mexico… The large number of Canadian wildfires continue to produce a large area of moderate to high density smoke that was extending from portions of northern Alberta and the southeastern Northwest Territories northeast through much of northern Canada to portions of northwest Baffin Bay and the western edge of Greenland. The smoke then extends southwest through western Quebec to northern portions of Ontario and then east through southern Quebec to New Newfoundland. A larger area of thin density smoke, from the Canadian wildfires, was seen over eastern and central Canada, the central and southeastern United States, Gulf of Mexico, most of Mexico, and the Pacific Ocean off the Mexico coast, Greenland and the North Atlantic Ocean. Colorado... A fire in western Colorado could be seen producing mostly moderate to dense smoke which moved to the east of southeast remaining in western Colorado. 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