DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z November 22, 2016
SMOKE: SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: Wildfires continued to burn in the central and southern Appalachians with light density smoke plumes spreading to the southeast with at least three embedded medium density smoke areas within the light plumes of smoke. As the smoke travels residual areas are separating and lingering off the coast of Georgia. VIRGINIA: Wildfires in the Appalachians of central Virginia are producing long plumes of light smoke that are traveling southeast. There is also some medium density smoke located closer to the fires within the light smoke plumes. Some of the smoke has broken away from the source and is seen moving off the coast of North Carolina. FLORIDA: Agricultural fires in southern Florida in the sugar cane agricultural region near Lake Okeechobee are producing light plumes of smoke that are traveling southeast. LOUISIANA: Numerous small agricultural fires in southern Louisiana are producing light smoke plumes with some smoke combining and traveling north and east towards Mississippi. -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