Wednesday, September 7, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0025Z September 8, 2022

SMOKE:
Much of the CONUS/Central Canada/Eastern Canada…
A sizable area of smoke resides over a good portion of North
America stretching from the Pacific Coast into the Pacific NW and
the Intermountain West. From there, some moved north into the Prairie
Provinces and NW Territory. However, most was moving into the Great Plains
where it splits moving both into AZ/NM and the Great Lakes, Mississippi
Valley, and eastern Canada. The thickest smoke was observed across central
Idaho, Montana, and the western Dakotas. Numerous fires in southern
British Columbia were observed producing moderate smoke plumes, along
with the number of wildfires along the the British Columbia/Washington
border producing thick smoke moving westward and contributing the large
area of smoke covering the U.S and Canada. Another area of moderate
smoke was seen over Quebec, Labrador, and the Labrador Sea.

California...
A number of fires through California were observed producing moderate to
thick smoke plumes. Most of the fires producing mainly moderate smoke
plumes extending into the Pacific Ocean were observed in southern
California whereas the large wildfires in Central California were
producing thick smoke moving N/NE into northwestern Nevada.

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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.