DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z September 12, 2022
SMOKE: Western and Eastern Canada/Western, Central, and Southern CONUS... An expansive area of smoke extends from the western CONUS out into the northwestern CONUS into the Great Plains, western Great Lakes, southern and eastern Canada, and the Atlantic Ocean over and south of the New England Nova Scotia region, where some light smoke was also visible this morning and early afternoon off the eastern coast. The thickest smoke originated from the northwestern U.S. and British Columbia, where numerous wildfires were releasing large amounts of moderate to thick smoke and was observed throughout southern British Columbia and the NW corner of the U.S. Another wildfire in Northern British Columbia was producing light to heavy smoke that was moving east into Alberta, Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba, and western Ontario. Remnant smoke was observed over the Quebec region, Texas, and Louisiana. Rodriguez 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