DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1640Z September 28, 2022
SMOKE: Northwestern U.S/Western & Northern Canada... An expansive area of light density smoke was observed over the northern regions of the northwestern U.S, then extending north through most of western and northern Canada along with southern regions of the Northwest Territories. Cloud cover engulfing much of western Canada and the Pacific Northwest, preventing further smoke analysis on moderate to thick plumes observed in previous days. Despite the cloud cover, pockets of moderate plumes were observed along with a patch of dense smoke moving east/northeast across northern Alberta and southern region of the Northwest Territories. South-Central U.S/Gulf of Mexico... Light smoke was observed extending from eastern New Mexico through the southern/central Plains, then eastward through the southern Mississippi Valley . The smoke was also observed covering most of the Gulf of Mexico along with some small areas of eastern Mexico. This large area of smoke was due to a combination of western U.S and Canadian wildfires along with smoke from numerous agricultural burns throughout the southern U.S. 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