DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z November 16, 2016
SMOKE... Numerous wildfires continue to burn across the southern Appalachians. The fires continue to produce light to heavy density smoke, though the smoke coverage has migrated further eastward today. The smoke now extends from western North Carolina southward into northern and eastern Georgia, then southeastward across most of South Carolina. The full coverage now extends past the southeastern coastline into the western Atlantic Ocean. Numerous smoke plumes were observed in the lower Mississippi valley producing light smoke that traveled south-southeast. Light smoke plumes were observed along the Louisiana and Texas border blowing south. Several wildfires in central California produced light to moderate smoke plumes blowing east toward Nevada. Heavy cloud cover throughout the continental USA and especially in Canada prevented observation of smoke plumes over vast areas. -Westbrook 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