DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0140Z September 24, 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 begins in the southern Northwest Territories and northeastern British Columbia and extends southeast across Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, northwest 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 across the region and entering northern Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan. 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, produced 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 and western regions of Gulf of Mexico, while engulfing eastern Mexico and the eastern Pacific off the Mexican coast. Another area of moderate density smoke was observed over the Gulf of Mexico and southern U.S. coast while extending through northern Florida. Oregon... Various wildfires were observed producing smoke plumes throughout western Oregon. The wildfires in the western region that were closer to border of Washington were observed producing light smoke plumes while the wildfires in the western-central region were observed producing moderate to thick density smoke moving eastward across the state. 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