DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z October 2, 2022
SMOKE: Central United States, Pacific Northwest United States and Central Canada…. A large area of light density smoke, from the ongoing fires over the Pacific northwest and western Canada and also from the daily fire activity over the central United States, was extending from eastern Mexico and the western Gulf of Mexico north through the central United States to Central Canada and then extending southwest to Washington and Oregon to just offshore. Active moderate to thick smoke emissions were seen emanating from the Cascades westward across Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean. Another cluster of wildfire activity in northeastern British Columbia was also seen producing thick smoke moving off toward the eastnortheast. Mississippi Valley… Widespread agricultural burning was observed from southeastern Missouri into Louisiana. Much was light in nature, but some were moderate as well, especially across southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas. The smoke from this fire activity was moving south to southwest. Remnant smoke from fire activity across this same area was seen across the eastern Red River Valley. Great Plains… Some scattered areas of clustered agricultural burning were seen from Kansas into Texas. Much of the smoke seen from these fires was observed moving from west-northwest to north-northwest 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