Wednesday, September 21, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z September 21, 2022

SMOKE:
Northwestern United States, Pacific, Western into Central Canada and
Territories..
Wildfire activity across the Pacific Northwest (Washington/Idaho mostly)
and southwestern British Columbia was observed emitting moderate to dense
smoke. Dense smoke is emitting from the source, but residual smoke has
been seen across western Oregon, Washington and into the Pacific. In
Canada the same area of smoke is covering most of British Columbia,
northern/central Alberta, north into the Territories and as far east as
northwest Saskatchewan. Some more dense areas have been seen over the
Pacific. Smoke may be spread farther south across the Pacific/coastline
and farther north into the Territories, but cloud cover is obscuring
the full view.

Mississippi Valley/Southeast/Mid-Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico…
Residual light smoke from agricultural fires burning over the last
few days is seen from the northern sections of the Gulf of Mexico into
the southern Mississippi Valley/Southeast and into the Mid-Atlantic,
Tennessee and Ohio Valley and as far north as central New York. Also,
smoke has been seen along the east coast and as far south as northern
Florida. Agricultural fires are already picking up today with some fires
producing plumes of light to moderately dense smoke.

Kibler

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.