DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z October 7, 2023
SMOKE: Central and Eastern U.S./South Central and Southeastern Canada/Far Western Atlantic Ocean… A large area of remnant thin density smoke, which may be a combination of leftover smoke from the northwestern Canada wildfires and from recent days of seasonal/agricultural fire activity and a few wildfires scattered across portions of the south central and southeastern U.S., was visible this morning over parts of the central and eastern U.S. as well as central and southeastern Ontario in Canada. Western U.S./Far Eastern Pacific off the Pacific Northwest U.S. Coast… Patches of mostly thin density leftover smoke were seen this morning over portions of the western U.S. including the 4 corners region, central and northern California, northwestern Nevada, southwestern Idaho, and off the west coast of Washington over the far eastern Pacific Ocean. This smoke was attributed to some prescribed/controlled fires and a few wildfires scattered across the western U.S. Locally thicker smoke was visible closer to some of the active fires this morning. Northwestern Canada… Some varying density smoke was present over north central Alberta and the south central part of the Northwest Territories which was from a cluster of wildfires which was still at least smoldering in north central Alberta. JS 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