DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 2, 2024
SMOKE: Northwest U.S/Central and Southeastern United States/Eastern Canada... An area of light density smoke attributed to a combination of wildfire activity throughout northwest Canada, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming and seasonal burning activity throughout the Midwest and Southeastern regions of the United States was observed moving east-southeast beginning from Oregon, through central Nebraska and Illinois and extending south towards Texas and Gulf of Mexico. The smoke then extended east and dispersed over the southeastern U.S. before cloud cover prevented further analysis. In addition, moderate to thick density smoke plumes were observed over the main source of wildfire activity within Oregon and Idaho, with majority of the smoke plumes progressing eastward across the states. DUST: New Mexico/Mexico... Blowing light to potentially moderate dust was observed over the borders of Mexico and New Mexico moving westward across the region. 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