DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1540Z October 2, 2024
SMOKE: Northwest U.S/Central and Southeastern United States... Originating from ongoing wildfires in Western Oregon, a mass of light to moderate density smoke was observed blowing east through the Rocky Mountains, into neighboring Idaho. After gaining additional smoke from localized wildfires in Idaho, the smoke mass continued eastwards until reaching the ongoing "Elk" wildfire in Northern Wyoming. The ongoing wildfire injected the smoke mass with a significant amount of moderate to heavy smoke, which gradually dispersed out in a light to moderate haze across the Northern Midwest. The smoke was last observed gradually dispersing Southwards across Texas as light density smoke which mixed with Northwards blowing smoke and aerosol from Mexico. From there, the remnants of the smoke blew east across Florida and out into the Atlantic Ocean. Cardona 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