DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0053Z October 11, 2023
SMOKE: Western Canada… Ongoing active wildfire activity across northern Alberta continues to produce light to moderate smoke spreading to the northwest and northeast into the Northwest Territories. Central Plains/Mississippi Valley/Southeastern CONUS… Widespread agricultural burning from southeast Missouri into Louisiana, along with more scattered agricultural burning from central Kansas to the Carolinas, was produced a large thin patch of light smoke extending from the Central Plains, through the central region of the eastern U.S and into the Atlantic off the coast of North Carolina and Virginia. An area of moderate smoke was visible mostly west of the Mississippi River where heavy agriculture burning was visible in eastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri. Pacific Northwest… Heavy cloud cover precluded smoke analysis over the majority of the Pacific Northwest. 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