Monday, October 17, 2022

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.

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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.