DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z October 9, 2022
SMOKE: Northwestern U.S./Far Southwestern Canada… A number of wildfires continue to burn across portions of the northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada resulting in an area of varying density smoke across the region. The thickest smoke was seen this morning over northwestern Washington close to a few of these fires and settling in the valley regions where it mixed with low clouds and fog. Another patch of dense smoke was visible near and to the west of the Cedar Creek Fire in west central Oregon. South Central and Southeastern U.S… Similar to recent days, a sprawling area of remnant thin density smoke attributed to significant daily agricultural fire activity primarily in the Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley and to other types of fire activity in the region was seen this morning from the Central and Southern Plains extending east across the southeastern U.S. and southern Mid-Atlantic region. Some of the smoke also extended southward over the Gulf of Mexico and eastward off the southeast and Mid-Atlantic coast over the far western Atlantic. North Central and Northeastern U.S… Patches of leftover thin density smoke were present this morning moving to the east and southeast over the north central U.S. from the Dakotas to western Wisconsin, and over a good portion of the northeastern U.S. This smoke was potentially from a combination of the wildfires burning in the northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada and the wildfire activity in northwestern Canada. Northwestern, Southwestern, and South Central Canada… A sizable area of mainly leftover thin density smoke with a few smaller embedded batches of moderate density smoke was visible this morning over the southern and eastern part of the Northwest Territories, northeastern and south central Alberta, roughly the northern two-thirds of Saskatchewan, and the northwest part of Manitoba. This smoke was linked to ongoing and recent wildfires burning in northwestern Canada. Cloudiness in and around some of these wildfires prevented additional information on the extent and density of smoke through satellite imagery. 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