DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0148Z October 4, 2022
SMOKE: Pacific Northwest/Canada... A sizable area of mostly light density smoke was observed extending from the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada, progressing eastward across southern region of the Northwest Territories and Northern Canada, and settling in western Ontario. The smoke mainly derived from wildfires across the Pacific Northwest and Central Canada. Patches of moderate dense smoke was observed over the border between in the southern Northwest territories and northern Canada, moving south/southeast, as well as across southern British Columbia and northern Washington. Thick smoke was also observed in closer to the sources of the fires in central Washington and west-central Oregon respectively. 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 on either side of the river. Smoke from these fires was observed moving generally southwest, and consisted of moderate to dense smoke primarily over eastern Arkansas, northern Louisiana, with lighter smoke extending through Louisiana and into western Texas, western Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Eglin 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