DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1705Z September 22, 2022
SMOKE: Northwestern U.S./Northern & Southern Canada... A large area of remnant light smoke from California wildfires and other wildfires across the western U.S. and western Canada started from the west over the Pacific Ocean around the U.S. and Canadian boarder and east and north over parts of Washington, Oregon, California, British Columbia, Alberta, The Northwest Territories where it starts to move south and east over Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and western Ontario. A patch of moderate smoke was observed over The Northwest Territories. Southeastern/South-central United States/Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of Mexico... Light smoke was visible covering the Southeastern/South-central U.S., northern Gulf of Mexico, and areas to the east with the exception of central-southern Florida, this smoke is from recent heavy agricultural burning and residual smoke from the large wild fires out west. The light smoke was observed extending further east into the Atlantic Ocean south of New England. Numerous small moderate density smoke plumes from current agricultural burning were seen throughout the region this morning as well. 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