Friday, October 7, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0059Z October 8, 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 off the United States coast through southern
Canada to the Northwest Territories. Within this area of smoke, several
larger areas of moderate density smoke were seen over Oregon, Washington,
southern and Northern British Columbia. Moderate to thick density  was
observed over the southern region of the Northwest Territories bordering
northern Alberta and in the southeastern Northwest Territories bordering
northwestern Manitoba. Moderate to dense smoke was seen moving east from
wildfires in northern British Columbia into northern Alberta.

Southern United States…
An area of mostly light density smoke from fires throughout much of
the region was seen extending from the Southern Plains from eastern
Texas, 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 southeast
over parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri.

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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.