DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0020Z October 22, 2023
SMOKE: Mississippi Valley... Numerous small light density plumes from seasonal agricultural burning were detected over far southeastern Missouri and far northeastern Arkansas. Further analysis south along the Mississippi Valley was prevented by heavy cloud cover that moved over the region in this evening’s analysis. Four Corners... Large wildfires in the four states were seen producing large amounts of light density smoke. In Arizona, the large wildfires produced a large patch of light density smoke that was seen mainly over the northern region of the state. Within this region, one of the large wildfires in northern Arizona was seen producing localized moderate to thick density smoke. In Colorado and New Mexico, the wildfires produced large area of light density smoke plumes and localized moderate density smoke plumes that were seen moving eastward across the states. California... Numerous wildfires were briefly seen producing light density smoke plumes before heavy cloud cover engulfed most of the state. Northwestern U.S... A large area of light density smoke was seen extended along most of Idaho with the exception of the central region and parts of eastern Oregon, Washington, and western Montana. This is smoke is likely due to the fire activity in western U.S. The smoke extend further west and north into Canada but cloud cover prevented further analysis. 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