Friday, September 9, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z September 9, 2022

SMOKE:
Western and Eastern Canada/Western, Central, and northeastern
CONUS/Pacific Ocean/Atlantic Ocean/Greenland/Iceland...
An expansive area of smoke extends from the western CONUS west out
into the open Pacific Ocean while also extending from the northwestern
CONUS into the Great Plains, western Great Lakes, eastern Canada, the
northeastern CONUS, the Labrador Sea, Greenland, the Denmark Strait,
Iceland, and the northern Atlantic. The thickest smoke is seen emanating
from the Cedar Creek Fire in central Oregon and moving westward out into
the Pacific. Moderate density smoke exists from just east of the Front
Range into southern Quebec, over the Davis Strait...Greenland...and
the Denmark Strait, across the central Sierras and Sacramento Valley,
the Intermountain West, portions of the Pacific Northwest, and
east-central British Columbia. Smoke is being drawn east-southeastward
from the Intermountain west to the Great Plains, from where it is drawn
east-northeastward into the Great Lakes and eastern Canada. From there,
some is drawn south over the northeastern CONUS but most is drawn further
north-northeast across Quebec and into and across Greenland. From here,
the smoke is getting trapped by a high pressure area at the southern tip
of Greenland, while some that is drawn south off the southeastern coast
of Greenland is becoming entrained within a low pressure area between
Greenland and Iceland. There is also some amount of smoke being drawn
east-southeastward across the North Atlantic to southwest of Ireland.

Hosley


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.