DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 27, 2022
SMOKE: Southern Mississippi Valley... Agricultural and seasonal fires were observed producing light density smoke plumes, with majority of the smoke plumes being seen throughout Arkansas and Louisiana along with some in Mississippi and Missouri. Smoke plumes within Arkansas were observed progressing southwestward while most of the smoke plumes in Louisiana were seen moving south. Most notably in southern Louisiana, the numerous plumes combined to form an area of light density smoke that was observed progressing into the Gulf of Mexico. North Dakota... Seasonal fires were observed producing an area of light density smoke moving north/northeast through the eastern half of North Dakota before cloud cover precluded further analysis. Eastern California... Wildfires located southwest of Lake Tahoe and northwest of the Sierra Nevada were observed producing light to moderate dense smoke that was seen expanding in different directions, where light dense smoke was moving east/northeast while moderate dense smoke was moving mainly southward. Pacific Northwest/Western Canada... Despite numerous fires being detected through satellite imagery, smoke analysis was unable to be conducted due to cloud cover engulfing much of these regions. AEROSOL: Southeastern Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Pacific Ocean South of Southeastern Mexico... Aerosol likely composed of atmospheric pollutants from industrial sources in southeastern Mexico was observed over portions of south/southeastern Mexico, Bay of Campeche, and the Pacific Ocean just south of southern eastern Mexico. The aerosol may also be along eastern Mexico and portions of the Gulf of Mexico but partial cloud cover made this difficult to determine. 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