DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1655Z September 14, 2022
SMOKE: Southern Canada/Much of CONUS/Pacific Ocean/Atlantic Ocean... An expansive area of light density smoke with large areas of moderate and thick density smoke extended from the western CONUS west while also extending from the northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada east and south covering much of southern Canada as far west as Ontario and CONUS minus the Florida, southwestern U.S., and portions of the U.S. where cloud cover exists. The smoke continued out and over the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern U.S. coast for over 2,500 miles. 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 and the smoke was observed throughout British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. The Moderate smoke covered much of the non-cloud covered eastern half of the U.S. as well. Cloud cover over portions of the western, central and far northern U.S. precluded further smoke analysis this morning. 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