DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z October 22, 2017
SMOKE: Aside from a modest smoke plume in northern Arizona and a few other very small smoke plumes across North America, there were no areas of significant smoke observed in satellite imagery through midday. The presence of cloud cover over British Columbia is inhibiting the analysis of smoke, even though fires have been detected throughout the region. DUST: Florida/Bahamas/Western North Atlantic Ocean... Saharan dust was observed extending from Florida eastward into a cyclonic feature just south of Bermuda. This strip of Saharan Dust appeared to be moving to the north and east into the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern CONUS. Caribbean Sea/Atlantic Ocean... Saharan dust was also observed across much of the Caribbean Sea extending eastward into the Tropical North Atlantic. This feature appeared to be moving towards the Yucatan Peninsula and the Bay of Campeche. -Hosley 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