DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1930Z November 15, 2017
CORRECTED TO ADD SECTION ON GLACIAL SILT EVENT IN ALASKA SMOKE: Texas... A fire in eastern Texas was observed emitting a light to moderate density smoke plume this morning. The smoke plume was moving off to the north to north-northeast. British Columbia/Idaho/Montana... A few smoke plumes were able to be seen through cirrus cloud cover from southeastern British Columbia into northern Idaho and far western Montana. Many of these smoke plumes were seen to be moving little, or drifting off to the west. DUST: Gulf of Alaska... The blowing glacial silt event in Alaska was still occurring this morning. The most active origin region of glacial silt suspension and transport is from the Copper River Delta west towards Cordova, Alaska. -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