DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0310Z September 26, 2022
SMOKE: Central U.S./Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Mid-Atlantic... Light remnant smoke was observed extending through parts of the Great Plains, the Mississippi Valley, and into the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. This smoke was likely from a number of western U.S and Canadian wildfires and remnant stale smoke from numerous agricultural burns in the central U.S. Affected states included Nebraska, south through Texas and northeastern Mexico, parts of the Gulf of Mexico, east through Missouri/Kentucky, into Virginia/Maryland/Delaware, and over the Southeast except for Florida. A medium density plume of smoke was observed over Louisiana/Mississippi and extending off of the coast into the Gulf of Mexico. Pacific Northwest... Several wildfires over western Oregon and Washington were producing small light to locally moderate density plumes. Canada... Light density smoke was observed between breaks in the clouds from wildfire activity in the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories. Konon 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