Thursday, October 27, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 28, 2022

SMOKE:
Lower & Mid-Mississippi Valley and the southeastern CONUS…
Widespread agricultural burning activity was seen from Missouri to
Louisiana and from Texas to the Carolinas. Smoke from these fires was
observed moving west-southwest, west, then west-northwest when moving from
the Carolinas into Georgia, southern and central Alabama and Mississippi,
Louisiana, and far eastern Texas. Cloud cover across Arkansas is likely
obscuring at least a few smoke plumes across Arkansas’s portion of
the Mississippi Valley. Any smoke present there would very likely move
westward.

Eastern North Dakota…
Agricultural Burning across eastern North Dakota was seen producing
scattered light smoke plumes that moved northeastward. It is possible that
a few smoke plumes might be present as far north as southern Manitoba,
but cloud cover obscured the region.

Northern California…
Scattered smoke-producing fire activity was seen across northern
California this afternoon. Most smoke was moving north-northwest, with
some smoke in the Sacramento Valley moving south.

Pacific Northwest…
Light to perhaps moderate smoke was observed moving northward from fire
activity in northern Idaho. Scattered fires throughout Oregon were also
producing smoke that moved northward as well. Widespread agricultural
burning was also noted throughout the Willamette Valley, but cloud cover
limited the ability to analyze smoke there. Extensive cloud cover was also
noted across western Washington and much of southern British Columbia,
which may be concealing a few further smoke plumes.

Western Canada…
Fire activity across central British Columbia and central Alberta
was observed producing light to moderate smoke that was moving
east-northeastward.

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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.