DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1742Z October 19, 2022
SMOKE: Pacific Northwest, Western Canada, Southern 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, Manitoba, western Ontario and the southern Hudson Bay. 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. Some of the ongoing larger fires in the Northwest Territories were detected by by the sensors but cloud cover prevented further smoke analysis in this area. Central U.S... Numerous isolated agricultural fires from southern Saskatchewan and North Dakota yesterday left an area of light density residual smoke that was observed moving southward from Nebraska, through Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and end just across the boarder with Mexico. Smoke ongoing wildfires over the Pacific Northwest and western Canada may be contributing to this mass as well. Eglin 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