Tuesday, October 18, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0110Z October 19, 2022

SMOKE:
Pacific Northwest, Western Canada...
A large area of variety density smoke from the ongoing fires over the
Pacific Northwest and western Canada was extending engulfing from the
Pacific Northwest, through British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and
into the Northwest Territories. Within this area of smoke, numerous fires
were observed producing moderate to high density smoke, most notably a
large area of moderate smoke was seen extending over western Oregon,
western Washington, southern and Northern British Columbia, northern
Alberta, parts of Saskatchewan as well as off the coast of the Pacific
Northwest. Notable areas of thick smoke were observed in Western Oregon,
from the Cedar Creek Fire, extending westward towards the Pacific Ocean,
and between Washington and southern British Columbia. In addition some
remnant light density smoke was observed over central California, most
likely a combination from the wildfires in the fires in the Pacific
Northwest/Western Canada and local wildfires.

Central U.S/Saskatchewan...
From southern Saskatchewan and North Dakota towards the southern states
by the Mississippi Valley, numerous isolated agricultural fires were
observed producing light density smoke plumes. The smoke from fires in
Saskatchewan and North Dakota was variety directions, with the fires
in Saskatchewan moving northward while in North Dakota was seen moving
mainly moving east/southeast. The smoke from fires near the Mississippi
valley was observed moving southward.

Nguyen


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.