DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z October 20, 2023
SMOKE: Southeastern/Mid-West/Ontario/Gulf of Mexico… An area of mostly thin density smoke attributed daily seasonal fire activity primarily over southeastern Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and the southeastern U.S. This smoke then extended northwest from the southeast CONUS through the Midwest states and into western Ontario. The smoke also extended into the northern regions of the Gulf of Mexico. Arizona… Scattered wildfire activity from northern Arizona were observed producing detached light density smoke plumes slowly moving eastward across the state. California… A cluster of fires in northern half of California could be seen producing mostly a patch of light density smoke engulfing north-central California, slowly moving northward. 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