DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0315Z December 7, 2015
Similar to yesterday, only a few smoke plumes were visible in satellite imagery with fires over portions of the South Central and Southeastern US. Numerous seasonal fires were detected over northern North Dakota and just over the border in southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba provinces in south central Canada, though no smoke was evident in satellite imagery. However, cloudiness passing over the region likely prevented at least some smoke detection in satellite imagery. JS Earlier This Morning... Southern Plains: An area of thin smoke could be seen stretching from northeast Texas northeastward across Arkansas along a frontal boundary. This remnant smoke is likely from fires yesterday in parts of east Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The smoke was moving eastward. Mid-Atlantic to Northeast US Coast: An unknown aerosol could be seen this morning off the coasts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US. Sheffler 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