DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0044Z November 5, 2022
SMOKE: Eastern U.S./Gulf of Mexico/... A mass of thin to possibly 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 an western Canada was present covering much of the eastern U.S. continuing east and off the coast of the southeastern U.S. over the Atlantic off the coastline. This smoke also extends south and over the Gulf of Mexico along the Gulf states coastline. Pacific Northwest, South-central Canada, Dakota's, Minnesota ... Some of the ongoing wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada were detected and mostly light smoke was seen in northern British Columbia extending across central Alberta where it moves south over southern Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba, western Ontario, into the Dakota's and Minnesota. A large area of moderate density smoke was observed around the eastern portion of the Dakota's and western Minnesota due to heavy seasonal burning in the Dakota's and south-central Canada. 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. Another area of aerosol/smoke mixture was present across south Texas, far northeastern Mexico, and northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Blowing Dust: Texas... An area of moderate to thick density blowing dust was observed moving east from Lubbock Texas and areas south of Lubbock across central an northern 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