DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0025Z October 10, 2022
SMOKE: Northwestern U.S./Southwestern-Central Canada… Numerous wildfires continue to burn across the Northwestern U.S. and Western Canada with moderate-to-heavy density smoke observed in western Oregon, northwestern Washington, southern Northwest Territories and northeastern Alberta. Light remnant smoke from those same wildfires was seen spreading across the majority of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, northern Montana, northern Alberta, southern Northwest Territories, and most of Saskatchewan. The smoke is dispersing predominantly toward the east into central Canada and the U.S. Midwest. South Central and Southeastern U.S… Widespread agricultural burning continues to be observed across much of the Mississippi Valley, with additional prescribed burning activity found across the southeastern U.S. While most fires are seen to produce relatively small and short duration smoke plumes, their combined effect results in moderate smoke concentration affecting most of eastern Arkansas in addition to southeastern Missouri. Light density smoke was seen across a larger area including most of the southern states from Texas to the Carolinas, and extending several hundred miles further to the south over the central-northern Gulf of Mexico and to the east over the Atlantic ocean off the Southeastern U.S. coastline. WS 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