DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0052Z September 11, 2022
SMOKE: Western and Eastern Canada/Western, Central, and northeastern CONUS/Pacific Ocean/Atlantic Ocean... An expansive area of smoke extends from the western CONUS out into the open Pacific Ocean while also extending from the northwestern CONUS into the Great Plains, western Great Lakes, southern and eastern Canada, the northeastern CONUS, and the Atlantic Ocean south of the New England Nova Scotia region. The thickest smoke originated from the northwestern U.S. and British Columbia, where the numerous wildfires were releasing large amounts of moderate to thick smoke that was observed throughout southern British Columbia, Idaho, western Montana, Oregon, Washington and northern California. Another wildfire in Northern British Columbia was producing a large amount of moderate to thick smoke that was moving east into Alberta and Saskatchewan. In addition, a large wildfire in western Oregon was observed producing a massive plume of thick smoke which extending well into the Pacific Ocean and most of Washington. Two notable patches of moderate smoke were observed, one was this morning across the southern Great Plains just north of Texas where cloud cover engulfs likely blocks full the extent of the smoke, and a large patch that engulfs eastern Canada and parts of northeastern CONUS moving eastward into the Atlantic ocean throughout the day. The bulk of the smoke is seen dispersing predominantly toward the east across northern U.S. and southern Canada with the exception of some smoke traveling off the west coast. 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