DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z October 15, 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 United States… An area of mostly light density smoke from fires throughout much of the region was seen extending from the Southern Plains from eastern Texas, east along the Gulf Coast and northern Gulf of Mexico to off the Southeastern United States coast. Numerous seasonal fires were observed along the lower Mississippi River valley from the Missouri Bootheel to Louisiana, with fires in the agricultural areas on either side of the river. Smoke from these fires was observed moving generally southeast over parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri. Territories. Eastern Canada/Northern U.S… Earlier today, 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. Western Canada, Southern Canada, Pacific Northwest, Northern Plains... A large area of light density smoke with some areas of moderate to localized high density smoke, from the ongoing fires over the Pacific Northwest and western Canada, was extending from portions of western Canada, the Pacific Northwest of the United States through southern Canada to the onto the southern and northwest territories. Within this area of smoke, several areas of moderate density smoke were seen with those being over areas of Oregon, Washington southern and Northern British Columbia. Moderate to thick density was observed over the southern region of the Northwest Territories bordering northern Alberta, Manitoba and in the southern Northwest Territories. Eglin 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