DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 12, 2022
SMOKE: Northwestern and North Central United States, Western and Central Canada… A large area of light to moderate density smoke, from the numerous fires ongoing over the northwestern United States and western Canada, was extending across much of the Northwestern and North Central United States much of Central Canada and portions of western Canada. Within this area, a large area of moderate to high density smoke was extending from the southern Northwest Territories south through much of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and into the Northern Plains of the United States. Other areas of moderate to high density smoke were also seen closer to the ongoing fires over Oregon, Washington and southern British Columbia and also further north with the fires over the southern Northwest Territories. Southern United States…. An area of light density smoke, from the ongoing fires over the Southeastern United States and Southern Plains, was extending along the southern United States from eastern Texas east to offshore the Southeastern United States coast. DUST: Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic, Eastern Caribbean Sea and Eastern Caribbean Islands…. A large area of Saharan dust was extending across much of the Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic Ocean through the eastern Caribbean Islands and into the eastern Caribbean Sea. 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