DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330 September 30, 2024
SMOKE: Idaho/Montana/Wyoming/North-central U.S./south-central, southeastern Canada/Quebec... An area of light to medium density smoke originating from wildfire activity in central Idaho and western Wyoming was observed dispersing northeastward and eastward over north-central U.S. and south-central and southeastern Canada. The fire in northern Wyoming was releasing at least moderately dense smoke into the conglomerated smoke this evening. Another fire in northern Quebec was was releasing at least moderately dense smoke to rthe north into the conglomerated smoke. Utah... A wildfire in northern Utah was emitting light density smoke which was moving generally east in direction. Washington State… Numerous small wildfires could be seen producing mostly light density smoke plumes which generally moved to the southwest. Moderate density smoke was noted closer to the sources. California, Nevada… Several wildfires in southern California could be seen producing light to moderate density smoke which generally moved to the northwest. Moderate density smoke was noted closer to the sources. A larger area of detached light smoke was seen through central California and southwestern Nevada. Blowing Dust: Wyoming, Colorado... what looked to be light blowing dust could be seen originating from southern Wyoming and was moving south into Colorado. This dust may continue southeast to Texas but clouds and residual smoke in the area precluded further analysis. 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