DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 14, 2022
SMOKE: Northwestern U.S./Far Southern and Southwestern British Columbia… Wildfires across the Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West, and southern British Columbia were observed producing varying density smoke. Much of the smoke from the Cascades eastward was moving generally east-southeastward with much of the smoke from the Cascades southward and westward was moving westward. The thickest smoke was being produced by the Cedar Creek fire in west-central Oregon, with very thick smoke extending northwestward and moderate smoke extending west-southwestward to the coast, where the smoke plume dives south. Central North America… A sprawling low pressure area with centers over the Manitoba-Ontario border and the Great Lakes was seen having incorporated remnant smoke from the past few days. Much of the smoke is presumed to be from fire activity across the Northwest Territory. A stripe of moderately dense to thick smoke was seen just on the Saskatchewan side of the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border with another thick stripe of smoke extending from central Ontario into central Manitoba. Another thicker area of smoke was seen along the southern periphery of the low from Iowa into Illinois and Indiana. Northwestern Canada… Moderate density smoke was able to be analyzed over the Northwest Territory and northern Alberta. The large, ongoing wildfire was producing smoke moving east-northeastward to east-southeastward with slightly thicker smoke moving east-southeastward. Two other fires were observed producing mainly light smoke that was moving east-northeastward. DUST: Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean Region… A batch of generally thin density Saharan dust was visible this morning spreading to the west over the eastern and central Caribbean region including Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and eastern Cuba. Canadian Prairies/Great Plains… Blowing dust was observed emanating from numerous sources from southern Saskatchewan into Kansas. The most impressive dust plume was seen emanating from Big Muddy Lake in far southern Saskatchewan. The dust from all sources was moving southeastward. 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