DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z October 22, 2017
SMOKE: No areas of significant remnant smoke were observed in satellite imagery through the day. Despite the presence of numerous agricultural/seasonal fires over British Columbia, southern Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba, North Dakota, and the Middle to Lower Mississippi Valley, very little smoke could be seen in satellite imagery due to varying amounts of cloudiness in those regions. Bay of Campeche... An area of smoke from flaring emanating from rigs in the Bay of Campeche was visible moving off to the west. DUST: Caribbean Sean/Atlantic Ocean... Saharan dust was observed across much of the Tropical North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, the southern Bahamas, and central North Atlantic. The thickest area of Saharan dust was visible to the east of the Bahamas and out over the open Atlantic along a frontal boundary. JS 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