DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0430Z October 20, 2016
SMOKE: No larger areas of detached smoke were observed during the afternoon/evening analysis. Large amounts of agricultural burning did continue along the lower portion of Mississippi River Valley though. A great deal of additional fire activity is still taking place in the Pacific Northwest as well. DUST: Texas/Oklahoma: A small amount of blowing dust could be seen drifting southeastward over the northern Texas Panhandle and far western Oklahoma. The dust could be seen from about 21Z until darkness at 00Z. UNKNOWN AEROSOL: A frontal boundary stretches east and then northeastward off the coast of southern New England. Along and south of this boundary an unknown aerosol is apparent stretching northeast to just east of Nova Scotia. Much of this aerosol appears to be sulfates based on aerosol models. 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