DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 18, 2022
SMOKE: Northwest United States and Western Canada... A large area of varying density smoke was seen extending from western Oregon into Northwest Territory and Saskatchewan. The smoke plume begins with the Cedar Creek Fire in Oregon, which was producing thick smoke. As the plume heads north, wildfire activity throughout the Cascades begins to contribute a significant portion of the plume, with a large area of thick smoke in valleys and just above the valleys moving northeast. From here, thin remnant smoke extends northward to the Alberta/British Columbia/Northwest Territory border then moves eastward across Northwest Territory and northern Alberta. Central North America… From Saskatchewan to the Mid-Mississippi Valley, isolated to widespread agricultural burning activity was observed. Smoke plumes from this activity across Saskatchewan were moving west-northwestward while smoke from southern Alberta and the Dakotas into the Great Plains and Mid-Mississippi Valley was moving mainly 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