Saturday, October 21, 2017

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.

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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.