DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1719Z October 18, 2022

SMOKE:
Pacific Northwest, Western Canada...
A large area of light density smoke with areas of moderate to 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, Saskatchewan 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,
northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan 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 Saskatchewan.

Southeastern United States...
A large area of light remnant smoke was observed extending from the far
eastern edge of Texas, east through the gulf coast states and extends
just off the coast over the Atlantic Ocean. This smoke is likely due to
daily agricultural fires in the southeastern U.S along with contribution
from the wildfires in the Northwest Territories.


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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.