Sunday, October 16, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0136Z October 17, 2022

SMOKE:
Pacific Northwest, Western Canada, Southern Canada...
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 off the coast of the United States and
southwestern Canada through British Columbia, Alberta and into the
Northwest Territories. Within this area of smoke, several larger areas
of moderate density smoke were seen over Oregon, Washington, southern
and Northern British Columbia as well as off the coast of the Pacific
Northwest. Moderate to thick density was observed over the southern
region of the Northwest Territories bordering and spreading southeast
over parts of Alberta and Manitoba.

Central and Eastern U.S./Southeastern Canada/Northern Gulf of
Mexico/Atlantic off the U.S. East Coast...
A large mass of generally thin density smoke covered portions of the
central U.S. and much of the eastern and southeastern U.S., along with
a sliver of southeastern Canada. The thinner density smoke was also seen
over the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic just off the east coast
of the U.S. This smoke was likely due to a combination of the continuing
wildfire activity in northwestern Canada and daily seasonal/agricultural
type fire activity occurring especially in the south central and
southeastern U.S. Within this larger area of thin density smoke was a
stripe of moderate density smoke which stretched from southern Iowa and
northern Missouri to the east and northeast reaching central Ohio.


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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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.