DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z January 6, 2017

SMOKE:
Eastern Florida:
Fires along the eastern coast of Florida are producing light density smoke
that are being carried towards the east and into the North Atlantic Ocean.

Southwestern South Dakota:
A large fire in Southwestern South Dakota is producing light density
smoke. The smoke plume is observed to stretch into Northwestern Nebraska.

DUST:
A narrow plume of blowing dust was seen extending to the northeast from
the sandy soils around Death Valley Junction in southeast California
near the Nevada border. The blowing dust extended into Nevada to near
Sugar Bunker by sunset.

UNKNOWN AEROSOL:
An unknown aerosol was visible in satellite imagery in the western portion
of the Bay of Campeche. The aerosol was moving towards the north along
the eastern coast of Mexico.

-WB



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.