DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1540Z 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 produce a large area of light to moderate density smoke. Moderate density smoke attributed to these large wildfires was seen moving southeast, beginning from Wyoming, progressing through the Great Plains, and ending just west of Arkansas. Light density smoke from the wildfires in the west began over in Central Idaho and progressed across the Plains, where it then mixed with lighter density remnant smoke produced from 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 northern half of the Gulf of Mexico, where it then continued east across Florida and into the Atlantic Ocean. 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