DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0116Z November 4, 2022
SMOKE: South-Central and Southeastern U.S./Gulf of Mexico/ Montana, Southern Canada... A mass of thin to moderate density smoke attributed mainly to daily seasonal/agricultural type fire activity occurring especially in the Mississippi Valley, the southeastern U.S., as well as contributions from recent and current wildfire activity in the Pacific Northwest, western Canada was present covering much of the South-central and the southeastern U.S., the smoke continued east reaching through southeastern coastline over the Atlantic and south over the Gulf of Mexico along the Gulf states. Another area of light smoke from seasonal burning was observed over Montana and north into southern Saskatchewan. Pacific Northwest, Western Canada... Some of the ongoing wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada were detected and light to moderate smoke was seen in northern British Columbia. Heavy cloud cover in this region reduced our ability to fully analyze smoke this evening. AEROSOL/Smoke: Mexico, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean, Western Gulf of Mexico... A large area of unknown aerosol probably combining with smoke from localized fires in southern Mexico was seen in the western Gulf of Mexico and extending to the southwest over the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean off the southwest coast of Mexico. Blowing Dust: Northern Mexico, Texas, New Mexico... An area of light to moderate density blowing dust was observed moving northeast from where the boarders of Northern Mexico, Texas and New Mexico meet. The dust entered southeastern New Mexico and western Texas as evening approached. 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