DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0028Z October 7, 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 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 southern and Northern British
Columbia. Moderate to thick density  was observed over the southern region
of the Northwest Territories bordering northern Alberta, northwestern
Manitoba and in the southwestern Northwest Territories.

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 off the Southeastern United States
coast. 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

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

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.