DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 15, 2017
SMOKE Lower Mississippi River Valley: Numerous agricultural burns are collectively responsible for a thin density smoke plume covering northern Louisiana, eastern Arkansas, northwestern Mississippi, western Tennessee, southeastern Missouri, and southern Illinois. South Central Canada: Similarly, several agricultural fires in Canada have produced a thin density smoke plume over south central Saskatchewan, southwestern Manitoba, and northern North Dakota. California: Wildfires continue to burn in California resulting in at least thin remnant smoke over much of the state. Smoke from the fires in the Napa/Sonoma region are producing moderate and heavy smoke moving southwest over the Pacific Ocean. Remnant moderate smoke is also observed locally near the active fires in central California. Ramirez 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