DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z October 8, 2022
SMOKE: Northwestern U.S./Far Southwestern Canada… An area of varying density smoke was visible this morning primarily over the Pacific Northwest and also including portions of southern British Columbia. This smoke was due to a number of wildfires burning in the region. Moderately dense to thick smoke was seen near some of the fires and also in the valley regions in the region where it mixed with low clouds and fog. South Central and Southeastern U.S./Atlantic off the East Coast… A large area of thin density smoke attributed primarily to daily widespread seasonal burning especially in the central and southern Mississippi Valley region and other types of fire activity in the south central and southeastern U.S. was seen this morning across the area stretching from the Central and Southern Plains eastward over the Southeast and southern Mid-Atlantic region. The smoke also extended offshore of the U.S. east coast over the nearby far western Atlantic. Western and South Central Canada/North Central U.S… A broad area of thin density smoke was visible this morning stretching from eastern British Columbia across northern and central Alberta, the southeast part of the Northwest Territories, much of Saskatchewan, the southern half of Manitoba, and southwestern Ontario. The smoke also extended to the southeast over the Dakotas, Minnesota, and the western Great Lakes region. Embedded small patches of moderate to thick density smoke were seen moving to the southeast over south central Canada. Cloudiness farther to the northwest over northwestern Canada limited information on the extent and density of the smoke in this region. This large area of smoke was due to ongoing wildfire activity in northwestern Canada. JS 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