DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z September 25, 2022
SMOKE: Oregon/Washington... Various wildfires were observed emitting light to heavy density smoke plumes throughout Oregon and Washington. The smoke from these fires was moving in all directions covering portions of Idaho, California, and the Pacific off the Washington and northern Californian coast. Central United States/Mexico/Atlantic Ocean/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of Mexico... Light smoke was visible covering the Central United States from Montana and the Dakotas in the north down south through Texas and western Mexico, over the northern Gulf of Mexico, and continues east through the southeastern U.S., 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, over Western Mexico and out over the eastern Pacific off the Mexico cost. Another area of moderate density smoke was observed over the South-central United States into the northern Gulf of Mexico extending to Florida. Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, Hudson Bay, Ontario... A large area of light smoke with areas of moderate to thick smoke from numerous wildfires in the southern Northwest Territories as well as smoke from current and recent wildfires across the western U.S. and western Canada. the smoke starts in the southern Northwest Territories and northeastern British Columbia and extend east across northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, then north into Nunavut and south over the Hudson Bay and northern Ontario. 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 British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. A second large area of moderate smoke was seen moving east over southern Nunavut. 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