DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z September 23, 2023
SMOKE: Canada, Central United States, Eastern United States, Pacific Northwest United States, North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific Ocean Canada/North Atlantic/East half of CONUS/Greenland.. Persistent and ongoing wildfire activity across western Canada is continuing to produce a large amount of moderate to high density smoke. The active smoke emissions extend east-southeastward from parent activity in central Northwest Territory and more widespread activity across northwestern BC and the Alberta/Northwest Territory border region. The heaviest smoke is reaching as far as the Quebec/Ontario boarder. A larger area of thin density smoke, from the Canadian fires, was seen over most of Canada. A column of remnant light density smoke was seen over Central United States. Western CONUS… Persistent fire activity in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon continues to emit moderate to thick smoke that travels northeastward but heavy cloud coverage over this region made it difficult to visibly see the full smoke extent. Rodriguez 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