DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z September 30, 2022
SMOKE: Central CONUS/Pacific Northwest/southern and central Canada… A sizable area of active emissions and remnant smoke covers an area from Central Northwest Territory and the Pacific Northwest to Texas and Ontario. Smoke is mainly remnant from wildfires across the Pacific Northwest and agricultural burning across the Mississippi Valley. Ongoing wildfires across the Pacific Northwest and southwestern Northwest Territory were both seen producing light to moderate smoke moving into southern Alberta. Lower Mississippi Valley… Numerous seasonal fires were observed along the lower Mississippi River valley from the Missouri Bootheel to Louisiana, with fires in the agricultural areas mainly west of the Mississippi Rver. Smoke from these fires was observed moving generally south to southwest, and consisted of light-to-moderate density smoke primarily over eastern Arkansas, southeastern Missouri, and Louisiana. Hosley 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