DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z October 23, 2022
SMOKE: Eastern Half of U.S./South Central and Southeastern Canada… A broad area of generally thin density smoke was visible this morning across portions of the north central and central U.S. and extending to the east and southeast of there over the Great Lakes region, northern New England, and a portion of the southeastern U.S. The smoke area also extended to the north over part of south central and southeastern Canada and off the coast of southeastern Canada over the north Atlantic just south of the southern tip of Greenland. This leftover mass of smoke was likely due to daily seasonal fire activity primarily in the central, south central, and southeastern U.S. and from recent wildfire activity in the northwestern U.S. and western Canada which has diminished in the past couple of days after a weather system brought fairly widespread precipitation to those areas. AEROSOL: Bay of Campeche/Southeastern Mexico/Pacific Ocean South of Southeastern Coast of Mexico… An aerosol which is likely primarily composed of atmospheric pollutants from industrial sources in southeastern Mexico was seen this morning over southeastern Mexico as well as the Bay of Campeche and the Pacific south of the southeastern coast of Mexico. JS 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