DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z September 12, 2023
SMOKE: Canada/U.S./Central and Western Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/East Pacific off the Coast of Western Mexico and Baja... Numerous major wildfires continue to burn in western and northwestern Canada resulting in significant smoke production with thick smoke seen over a sizable part of northwestern Canada. Moderate density smoke extended further out through central Canada and on the border of the northern U.S. Some cloud cover in the area over in western Canada and northwestern U.S though did interfere some on the extent and density of a portion of the smoke in this region. The much larger surrounding thinner density mass of smoke primarily attributed to these fires covered virtually all of Canada, a good part of the U.S., much of the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico, some of the east Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Mexico and Baja, and the Atlantic ocean along the eastern coast of the U.S. Northern California... A cluster of fires in northwestern California and far southwestern Oregon was responsible for some stagnant moderate to thick density smoke in this general area. 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