DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0430Z October 3, 2017
SMOKE: British Columbia: Smoke was observed traveling south from two large fires in the northern part of the province. California: Two fires near Shasta-Trinity National Forest were producing smoke that is traveling south. Two other fires near Yosemite National Park were producing smoke traveling north. Virginia: A large fire southwest of Sutherland Virginia was producing smoke traveling due west. DUST: Atlantic Ocean... Saharan Dust was seen approaching the Caribbean from the east. The most dense portion of this layer extended from (26N,52W) to (18N,58W), which lies north east of the Leeward Islands. Gulf of Mexico... A thinner plume of Saharan dust was seen across northern and western portions of the Gulf of Mexico. This plume is thickest just off the Louisiana coast. This region of dust was moving to the northwest towards Texas and Louisiana. -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