DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 6, 2022

SMOKE:
Western Canada, Southern Canada, Pacific Northwest, Northern Plains….
A large area of light density smoke with some areas of moderate to
localized high density smoke, from the ongoing fires over the Pacific
Northwest and western Canada, was extending from portions of western
Canada, the Pacific Northwest of the United States and northern California
east through southern Canada to the Northern Plains of the United States.
Within this area of smoke, several areas of moderate density smoke were
seen with those being over areas of Oregon, Washington and southern
British Columbia and also over northern Alberta, northern British
Columbia and the southern Northwest Territories.  Some localized high
density smoke was also seen near the ongoing fire activity.

Southern United States….
An area of mostly light density smoke from fires throughout much of
the region was seen extending from the Southern Plains east along the
Gulf Coast and northern Gulf of Mexico to offshore the Southeast United
States coast.  A few areas of moderate density smoke were seen near
the fire activity extending from southeast Missouri southwest through
eastern Arkansas.

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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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.