DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1623Z September 23, 2022
SMOKE: Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba... A large area of light smoke with areas of moderate to thick smoke from numerous wildfires in the southern Northwest Territories as well as remnant smoke from recent wildfires across the western U.S. and western Canada. the smoke starts in the southern Northwest Territories and northeastern British Columbia and extend southeast across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and southern Nunavut. Plumes of moderate to thick smoke was observed combining from numerous wildfires in the southern Northwest Territories extending to the east and also entering northern Alberta. Southeastern/South-central United States/Mexico/Atlantic Ocean/Pacific 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 off the southeastern coast and south over the northern Gulf of Mexico, through southern Mexico and out over the eastern Pacific off the Mexico cost. Another area of moderate density smoke was observed over the Gulf of Mexico U.S. coast extending through northern Florida. 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