Friday, September 16, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1640Z September 16, 2022

SMOKE:
California/Western, northern, and eastern U.S./Western and Central
Canada...
Thick smoke was observed emanating from the Mosquito Fire in northern
California, with moderate smoke from this fire and another fire in
western Oregon extending over parts of northeastern California, most of
northern Nevada, eastern Oregon, southern Idaho, and parts of northern
Utah. Elsewhere, a large area of smoke, primarily from these and other
regional wildfires, extended from of the Californian coast northward into
western Canada reaching the northwest Territories and western/southern
Nunavut, then southeastward across Alberta, Manitoba, western/southern
Ontario, western Quebec, into the Great Lakes region and along the region
around the Mississippi River. Within this area, areas of moderate smoke
were observed covering the eastern regions of the Northwest Territories
along with northern Alberta and Saskatchewan and engulfing much of the
eastern CONUS and Great Lakes region. Additional areas of light smoke
were observed over portions of the Atlantic Ocean.

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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.