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