DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z November 18, 2016
SMOKE... Southeastern US... Once again, a large area of primarily thin density smoke attributed to ongoing wildfires burning in portions of the central and southern Appalachians was visible stretching from the eastern Tennessee and the western Carolinas to the east and southeast over the southern portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, eastern Georgia, and northeastern Florida. From there, the smoke then spread offshore over the Atlantic. Isolated areas of moderate density smoke were located closer to the fire activity over northern Georgia, northwestern South Carolina, and western North Carolina. BLOWING DUST.... Southwest and Southern Plains.... An area of blowing dust was extending from western Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle through northern Texas towards the source region of White Sands New Mexico and northern Mexico. Hanna 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