DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0123 October 12, 2024
SMOKE: Pacific Northwest/Great Plains//Great Lakes/Mid-Atlantic/Midwest/Southeastern United States/Gulf of Mexico... Wildfire activity across the Pacific Northwest, northwest Canada and northern California continue to release moderate to localized thick density smoke throughout western Oregon, central Idaho, southwestern Montana, western/northern Wyoming, and northern Utah. Moderate density smoke attributed to the large wildfires located east of central Idaho, southwestern Montana, western/northern Wyoming and northeastern Utah were seen moving east over the Great Plains towards the Great Lakes, eventually reaching through southern Canada the northeast U.S. over the coastal Atlantic. As the moderate smoke moved east through the Great Plains, it mixed with an area of lighter density remnant smoke caused by previous and ongoing wildfires as well as seasonal agricultural burning throughout the Southeastern United States. This mixed density remnant smoke was seen extending south through the Mississippi River Basin and into the Gulf of Mexico, the Mexican Coastal Plain, the Bay of Campeche, and the Yucatan Peninsula. Many light density smoke plumes were visible throughout the Southeastern United States while several moderate density smoke plumes were detected throughout the Pacific Northwest, however, cloud cover over this region obstructed visibility and prevented further analysis. 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