DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z October 14, 2022
SMOKE: Northwestern U.S./British Columbia… Wildfires across the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia were observed producing varying density smoke. Much of the smoke over the Pacific Northwest and southwestern British Columbia was observed expanding in different directions, with smoke west and south of the Cascades mountain range moving west-southwestward and the smoke east of the range was seen generally moving eastward. The thickest smoke was being produced by the Cedar Creek fire in west-central Oregon, with very thick smoke extending westward and moderate smoke extending west-southwestward to the Pacific Ocean. Southern Great Plains/Southeastern U.S... A large area of light remnant smoke was observed extending from Colorado through Texas towards all of the southeastern U.S into Virginia and off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. This smoke is likely due to the agricultural fires in the southeastern U.S along with contribution from fires in the Northwest Territories. Eastern Canada/Northern U.S… 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. The edge of this remnant smoke was observed extending through southern state borders of the Ohio Valley. Despite cloud cover, some pockets of moderate smoke was still able to seen over western Ontario. Northwestern Canada… A small patch of moderate density smoke was observed between northern British Columbia and Alberta. This is due to the large, ongoing wildfires in the Northwestern Territories. Cloud cover is seen over the location of the wildfires, thus denser smoke is most likely underneath. 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