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. Nguyen 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