DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z October 1, 2016
Northern Gulf: An area of remnant thin smoke is mixed among the clouds in the northern Gulf of Mexico. This remnant smoke is likely from numerous agricultural burn fires in the southern US. Labrador Sea: Thin remnant smoke could be seen drifting east across the Labrador Sea, the coast of Labrador, and northern Newfoundland. This thin smoke may be from fires in Asia. British Columbia Coast/Gulf of Alaska: Remnant smoke from Asia could be seen along the western coast of Canada and along the coast of southeast Alaska. Caribbean: African dust is present from the Leeward Islands west into Hurricane Matthew. The dust is consolidated south of Puerto Rico. -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