DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z October 4, 2023
SMOKE: South Central and Southeastern Canada/Central and Eastern U.S./Central and Eastern Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean… A large area of varying density smoke attributed to a combination of leftover smoke from the ongoing northwestern Canada wildfires, daily seasonal burning in the south central and southeastern U.S., and a few wildfires especially in central and eastern Texas and Louisiana, was seen this morning over much of the central and eastern U.S., south central and southeastern Canada, the western Atlantic Ocean off the U.S. east coast, and the central and eastern Gulf of Mexico. Within this large mass of smoke were moderate to thick patches of smoke linked to the northwestern Canada wildfires that were visible moving to the west over a portion of the Atlantic Ocean off the southeast U.S. coast and inland over some of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi. Northwestern Canada… Large wildfires continue to burn, mostly in the smoldering phase, in northwestern Canada resulting in some generally thin to moderate density smoke which was moving to the east across the south central part of the Northwest Territories, and northern and central Alberta. Some moderate smoke from the fires was observed over southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Cloud cover over northwestern Canada though did interfere with detection and density information on the smoke in that region through satellite imagery. 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