Saturday, October 8, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0024Z October 9, 2022

SMOKE:
Northwestern U.S./Far Southwestern Canada…
An area of varying density smoke was visible throughout the day 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. This smoke expanded further north later today combing
with the smoke from Western and South Central Canada.

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 (where moderate to thick smoke was observed)
and other types of fire activity in the south central and southeastern
U.S. was seen today 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 today stretching
from eastern British Columbia across most of Alberta and Manitoba,
the southern 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 are patches of moderate to thick density
smoke were seen moving to the southeast over south central Canada.

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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.