DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0109Z September 12, 2022
SMOKE: Southern Canada/Most of CONUS/Pacific Ocean/Atlantic Ocean... An expansive area of light smoke with large areas of moderate and dense smoke extends from the western CONUS west into the parts of the Pacific Ocean while also extending from the northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada east and south covering most of southern Canada and CONUS minus the far southeastern U.S and the far southwestern United States. The smoke continuing out and over the Atlantic Ocean over and south of the Quebec, New England and 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 throughout the day and the smoke was observed throughout British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado, the Dakotas,Wyoming, Minnesota, and Iowa. Wildfires and agricultural burning in South Dakota and Manitoba were contributing to the large amount of moderate to thick smoke throughout the day that was moving east across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, in addition at least moderate smoke was observed engulfing the two regions. Seasonal burning was responsible for several areas of moderate density smoke that was originating in Arkansas and Missouri. 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