Monday, October 10, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 11, 2022

SMOKE:
Northwestern United States and Western and Central Canada…
A large area of light to localized moderate and high density smoke,
from the numerous fires ongoing over the northwestern United States and
western Canada, was extending across portions of the Northwestern and
North Central United States and most of central and portions of western
Canada.  Within this area, several areas of moderate density were seen
with those being an area extending from the ongoing fires over Washington
and southern British Columbia east and northeast through Idaho, western
Montana and into southern Alberta and another area from the fires over
the southern Northwest Territories extending east through the southern
Northwest Territories.  Other areas of moderate to high density smoke
were seen closer to the ongoing fires over areas of Oregon, Washington
and British Columbia.

South Central and Southeastern U.S…
Light density 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 United States coastline. This
area of smoke is due to the numerous ongoing fires across much of the
Southeastern United States and into the Southern Plains.  An area of
moderate density smoke was seen over portions of western Tennessee,
northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri.

Hanna


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.