DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0020Z October 7, 2024
SMOKE: Northwestern/Central/Midwestern United States... Large wildfires in western Oregon, central Idaho, southwestern Montana, northern/northwestern Wyoming, and northern Utah continue to produce a large area of mostly light density smoke stretching eastward through the Central Plains and the Ohio Valley, and reaching the Great Lakes and southeastern Ontario. Seasonal burning with residual smoke from the wildfires also caused smoke to cover most of south-central and the southeastern United States. Moderate density smoke was observed east of major wildfires in central Idaho, western Wyoming and northeastern Utah, with plumes dispersing eastward into southern Montana, western Nebraska and northwestern Colorado. Blowing Dust: Washington State... Light blowing dust could be seen originating from a salt flat in south-central Washington State. This dust was moving east and remained in the state. Eglin 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