Wednesday, August 31, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z September 1, 2022

SMOKE:
Northwestern U.S., Southern Canada....
Recent heavy wildfires in the Yukon and Northwest Territories have
become cloud covered but large amounts of remnant smoke from these
fires was seen stretching from off the coast of British Columbia to
southern Manitoba. This remnant smoke combined with the ever-present
smoke from the large wildfires in the western U.S, which resulted in
a large area that covered all of the Northwestern U.S. In addition,
the large wildfires in the northwestern U.S, most notably northwestern
California, western Oregon, central Idaho, and northern Washington,
all contributed in producing a large patch of moderate smoke that was
observed extending along the western coast of the U.S and Pacific ocean
and into southern British Columbia and Alberta, along with extending
east into parts of Montana and Wyoming. Thicker smoke was concentrated
closer to the source of the fires, however wildfires in northeastern
Oregon was observed extending across central Idaho.


Central California...
Two wildfires in east-central California was seen producing light to
moderate density smoke that was moving west into Nevada.

Kansas...
Thick smoke was observed over in northern Kansas, likely produced by
recent fire activity in the region. In addition, a large patch of light
density smoke was observed across the state and extending into parts
of Oklahoma and New Mexico, most likely from fire activity and some
contribution from the large wildfires in the western U.S.

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.