DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0211Z November 17, 2016
SMOKE... Numerous wildfires continue to burn across the central and southern Appalachians with more prominent smoke production with the fires over western North Carolina, and northern Georgia. A large mass of primarily thin density smoke attributed to these fires was visible covering the eastern half of Georgia, all of South Carolina, and western and central portions of North Carolina. The smoke also extended offshore from these areas over the Atlantic. Localized moderate density smoke was seen particularly with the wildfire clusters in north central Georgia and western North Carolina. Agricultural fires in the lower Mississippi valley were producing light smoke that was traveling northeast towards eastern Tennessee. Agricultural fires in Louisiana were producing light smoke that was traveling southwest out into the Gulf of Mexico. Agriculture fires in north central California produced light smoke that was traveling south. A few smoke plumes were spotted in British Columbia but heavy cloud cover prevented a more detailed analysis. -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