Tuesday, November 15, 2016

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.