DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 13, 2022
SMOKE: Northern and Central Canada… Wildfire activity across southern Northwest Territory and northeastern British Columbia was observed producing moderate to thick smoke. The thickest smoke was emanating from a large fire in southwestern Northwest Territory, which was spreading westward and northward...then was moving east-southeastward. Northwestern U.S/British Columbia... Wildfires across the northwestern U.S and southwestern British Columbia were observed producing varying density smoke. A light to moderate area of accumulated remnant smoke was seen moving westward from Puget Sound around the Olympics into the Pacific. Much of the active smoke emissions in western Washington State were moving westward as well. Emissions across the Intermountain West were moving east-southeast with emissions from the Washington/Oregon/Idaho Tri-State region moving south to southwest. Oregon... The Cedar Creek Fire was seen producing thick smoke this afternoon. The smoke was mainly moving west to the coastline, where the smoke then began to move west-southwest. Some of the thicker smoke near the source was moving more northwestward. Southern Great Plains/Mississippi Valley... An area of light remnant smoke was seen across the Mississippi Valley today. The presence of scattered thunderstorms hampered the ability to analyze smoke from individual fires, but the light smoke could be seen from across northeastern Texas into the Missouri Bootheel. Southern California… A wildfire between San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara was observed producing moderate to perhaps thick smoke that was mainly moving northward, with some also moving southward. DUST: Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic, Eastern Caribbean Sea and Eastern Caribbean Islands…. A large area of Saharan dust was extending off the coast of Western Africa and previous was observed moving westward across much of the Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic Ocean. The dust had moved westward across the eastern Caribbean to reaching the island of Hispaniola. Canadian Praries into the Dakotas… An expansive area of blowing dust was seen extending from southeastern Alberta across Saskatchewan and northeastern Montana and into North and South Dakota, possibly extending into southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa. Smoke from fires within and upwind could also be present here. All dust was moving southeastward. Southern California… Dust was observed being lofted from northern Baja and moving north-northwest across the western side of the Imperial Valley to near the Salton Sea. Hosley 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