Monday, September 12, 2022

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.


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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.