DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z October 23, 2017
SMOKE: No significant areas of smoke were observed during the day in satellite imagery. JS Earlier This Morning... DUST: Florida/Bahamas/Western North Atlantic Ocean... Saharan dust was observed extending from Florida eastward into a cyclonic feature just south of Bermuda. This strip of Saharan Dust appeared to be moving to the north and east into the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern CONUS. Caribbean Sea/Atlantic Ocean... Saharan dust was also observed across much of the Caribbean Sea extending eastward into the Tropical North Atlantic. This feature appeared to be moving towards the Yucatan Peninsula and the Bay of Campeche. -Hosley 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: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov