DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2350z October 12, 2024
SMOKE: Pacific Northwest/Great Plains//Great Lakes/Mid-Atlantic/Midwest/Southeastern United States/Gulf of Mexico... AS observed in the morning, as the evening progressed wildfire activity across the Pacific Northwest, northwest Canada and northern California continued to produce a large area of remnant to mixed density smoke that extended through central Idaho, southwestern Montana, western/northern Wyoming, and northern Utah. This mixed density remnant smoke was seen extending south through the Mississippi River Basin and into the Gulf of Mexico, the Mexican Coastal Plain, the Bay of Campeche, and the Yucatan Peninsula. Cloud cover obscured further observation over the main areas of wildfire activity such as Oregon, Idaho, and northwest Canada. Washington/Oregon/California… As the evening progressed, ongoing wildfires ranging from Northern California, Oregon, and Washington state produced Moderate to Light smoke that blew towards the Northwest over the Pacific 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