DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z September 27, 2022
SMOKE: Southern U.S/Gulf of Mexico/Gulf of California (off Mexico coast)... Light residual smoke was observed extending from eastern New Mexico through the southern/central Plains, then eastward through the southern Mississippi Valley . The smoke also extends further east into parts of the southern eastern U.S, furthest being northwestern tip of Florida. The smoke was also observed throughout the Gulf of Mexico and parts of Eastern Mexico. This large area of smoke was likely due to a combination of western U.S and Canadian wildfires and remnant stale smoke from numerous agricultural burns throughout the southern U.S. A separate light density patch was observed over in the Gulf of California and off of the coast of western Mexico. Pacific Northwest/Southwestern Canada... Wildfires over western/northeastern Oregon and western and southeastern Washington were observed producing light density smoke which was seen stretching western Oregon/Washington along the Pacific coast and into southern regions of British Columbia. Within the patch of smoke, various plumes of moderate dense smoke were being produced, mainly within the U.S. Northern Canada... Light density smoke was observed between breaks in the clouds from wildfire activity across of the Northwest Territories. Smoke was seen progressing eastward across the region. 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