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. Hosley 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