DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0122Z October 29, 2023
SMOKE: Southeastern and Eastern U.S./Atlantic Ocean off the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S. Coast/Northeastern Gulf of Mexico… Areas of generally leftover thin density smoke were visible this morning covering portions of the southeastern and eastern U.S. and extending offshore of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S. over the nearby western Atlantic Ocean, and the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. This smoke was likely due to recent days of seasonal/agricultural fire activity over portions of the south central and southeastern U.S. along with the Mid-Atlantic region. A few wildfires and seasonal burning were also present in these regions where dry conditions have been occurring for weeks. California/Pacific Ocean off the U.S. West Coast… A batch of thin to moderate density smoke was seen today over some of northern and central California, extending to the west and offshore over the far eastern Pacific Ocean. This smoke was attributed to seasonal/controlled type fire activity scattered across northern and central California and western Oregon. Farther to the north, another patch of thin density smoke, likely from seasonal/controlled fire activity in southwestern Canada and western Washington, was located to the south of Vancouver island and to the west of Washington over the Pacific Ocean. Northwestern U.S./Western Canada… A large number of fires detected in satellite imagery over some of the northwestern U.S. and western Canada was creating an area of mostly light smoke that could be seen through cloud cover in northeastern British Columbia extending east into north western Alberta. No other significant smoke was seen in satellite imagery outside of the smoke in parts of northern and central California and offshore over the far eastern Pacific which was noted in the paragraph above. Arizona... A wildfire in eastern Arizona was releasing light to moderate smoke that was observed moving to the northeast into western New Mexico as evening approached. 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