DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1650Z October 11, 2022
SMOKE: Northwestern United States/Western and Central Canada… A large area of light to moderate smoke, from the numerous fires ongoing over the northwestern United States and western Canada, was extending across most of the Northwestern U.S and Central Canada. The smoke also engulfs portions of Western Canada and Pacific Ocean off the coast of the border between Oregon and California. Within this area, a notable large detached thick density smoke plume extending from the eastern region of Northwest Territories south through all of western Saskatchewan was observed moving eastward among the cloud cover. This thick density smoke was produced from the ongoing wildfires in southern regions of the Northwest Territories, which also produced a large area of moderate smoke that engulfs the same regions mentioned prior. A patch of moderate dense smoke was observed covering parts of southern British Columbia and most of eastern Washington. Localized high density smoke was observed in Washington, Oregon, northern Idaho and British Columbia. Central and Eastern U.S/Eastern Canada… Light residual smoke was seen across a large area that included all of the Great Plains and eastern U.S along with eastern Manitoba, all of Ontario, and parts of Quebec. The smoke extends further to the south towards the northern Gulf of Mexico and to the east over the Atlantic ocean off the Eastern CONUS coastline. This area of smoke is due to the numerous ongoing fires across much of the Southeastern United States along with some contribution from wildfires in Western Canada. 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