DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z November 10, 2022
SMOKE: Eastern Kentucky, Western West Virginia, Southern Ohio... Numerous light density smoke plumes from seasonal burning were observed in eastern Kentucky, western West Virginia and parts of southern Ohio. Northwest Pacific... An area of light density smoke from wildfires and seasonal burning was visible over western Washington, western Oregon, and the adjoining Pacific Ocean just off the coast. In addition another patch of light density smoke was observed over northern Idaho and parts of northeastern Washington due to wildfires and seasonal burning. Western Canada... Scattered smoke plumes from seasonal burning and wildfires were observed across parts of British Columbia and Alberta. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico, Texas, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean, Western Gulf of Mexico... A large area of unknown aerosol probably combining with smoke from recent localized fires in southern Mexico was seen in southern Texas, stretching south along the coast into eastern Mexico and extending to the southwest over the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean off the southwest coast of Mexico. 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