DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 8, 2023
SMOKE: Central U.S/Mississippi Valley... Numerous fires from agricultural/seasonal burning was seen producing light density smoke plumes, located throughout the Mississippi Valley region and parts of the Central U.S, with majority of these smoke plumes moving southward. Western U.S./Far Eastern Pacific off the Pacific Northwest U.S. Coast… A large area thin density smoke from wildfires throughout the western U.S was seen extending from the large wildfires in eastern California into most of Washington and western Oregon, combining with the scattered wildfires throughout the states to form the larger area of thin density smoke. Within this area, various wildfires were seen producing moderate to localized thick density smoke plumes. Elsewhere in the western U.S, there was some remnant light density smoke from a combination of the wildfires in the western coastal U.S as well as fires in Arizona and Utah was located mainly over northern Arizona and parts of New Mexico, and bordering Utah and Colorado. Nguyen 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