Saturday, September 17, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z September 18, 2022

SMOKE:
Northwestern U.S./Western and Central Canada...
Thick smoke continued to be observed from the Mosquito Fire in northern
California, extending toward the northeast into northwestern Nevada. A
large area of remnant light smoke from these and other wildfires
across the western U.S. and western Canada covered the majority of the
northwestern U.S. and the western and central Canada reaching the Hudson
Bay. Pockets of medium density smoke could be over northern Nevada,
eastern Oregon and western Idaho, in addition to eastern Montana and
southwestern North Dakota.

Eastern United States...
Predominantly light smoke was visible covering a large expanse including
the Midwestern U.S., the Mississippi Valley and areas to the east with
the exception of Florida. Multiple agricultural fires contributed medium
density smoke along the mid-Mississippi Valley, while a larger area of
medium density remnant smoke covered the eastern Great Lakes, the Ohio
Valley and most of the mid-Atlantic states, extending eastward over the
western Atlantic.

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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.