DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z October 01, 2017
SMOKE: Washington and British Columbia... Two wildfires located in the northeast quadrant of Washington state are producing light density smoke plumes that being carried towards the East. Another fire in southern British Columbia and near the US border is producing smoke that is moving in the same direction. California... A couple of fires in northern California near the coast are producing light density smoke that is traveling towards the south. The Soda Fire continued to burn through the day producing light to moderately dense smoke that extends into western Nevada. Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley... Numerous prescribed burns located in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas are producing puffs of light density smoke in the area. The smoke is predominately traveling towards the southwest. Fires scattered throughout southern Louisiana are producing light density smoke that is traveling towards the south. BLOWING DUST: Blowing dust was seen in imagery along Florida's southeastern coast moving in a southward direction. -BOLL 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