DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0015Z October 15, 2024
SMOKE: Western Canada/Northwestern/Midwest/Southeastern United States/Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Coast... Wildfire activity across the Pacific Northwest, western Canada and northern California continue to release moderate to localized thick density smoke throughout western Oregon, central Idaho, southwestern Montana, western/northern Wyoming, and northern Utah. Moderate density smoke attributed to these large wildfires was seen moving east through their respective states and as it continued east through the Great Plains, it mixed with an area of lighter density remnant smoke caused by previous and ongoing wildfires as well as seasonal agricultural burning throughout the Southeastern United States, creating a layer of mixed density remnant smoke that was seen extending south through the Mississippi River Basin and into the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Coastal Plain, and continued northeast through the Gulf towards the Atlantic Coast. Moderate-to-heavy density plumes were seen emanating from wildfires located in California and the Pacific Northwest which were generally blowing eastward in direction. In addition, many smaller light density plumes attributed to seasonal burning were seen throughout the Southeastern United States, which contributed to the layer of light density smoke already present across the region. Willkens 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