DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z October 22, 2023
SMOKE: Four Corners region and the Central United States... An area of mostly light density smoke, a result of ongoing fires over southern Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, was seen extending from roughly southern Nebraska and northern Kansas south and west through western Kansas, western Oklahoma and into far eastern Colorado, northern Texas and northeastern New Mexico. Other areas of smoke were also seen in this region closer to ongoing fire activity, with the largest area associated with the fires over southern Colorado. Mostly light density smoke from this area was seen in the immediate Four Corners region of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. Further to the southwest, light density smoke was also seen extending from fire activity over eastern Arizona, southeast into southwest New Mexico. Hanna 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