Wednesday, November 9, 2022

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.

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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.