DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1640Z 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 and northwestern Washington. Cloud cover over most of western/northern Canada and Northwestern Territories made prevented smoke analysis obstructing any view on moderate to heavy dense smoke that was being produced in previous analyses, though a small pocket in western region of the Northwest Territories that was observable. Light remnant smoke from the same wildfires was seen spreading across the Northwestern U.S, Alberta, and most of Saskatchewan. The smoke was observed dispersing eastern across northern U.S states bordering Canada. South Central and Southeastern U.S… Light residual smoke was seen across a larger area that included most of the southern states from Texas to Virginia, and extending further to the south over the northern Gulf of Mexico and to the east over the Atlantic ocean off the Southeastern U.S. coastline. This large area of smoke is due to the widespread agricultural burning across much of the Mississippi Valley, with additional prescribed burning activity throughout the southeastern U.S Nguyen 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