DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z October 23, 2017
SMOKE: Arizona... The Tipover East prescribed burn within Kaibab National Forest in north-central Arizona was seen emitting smoke of varying density, most of which is thin density. The smoke emitted from this prescribed burn was observed traveling south across central Arizona, stretching as far south as Phoenix. British Columbia... Two fires in southern British Columbia were noted as producing small smoke plumes. As other fires have been detected throughout central British Columbia where cloud cover exists, it is likely that there other small smoke plumes were shrouded by that cloud cover. DUST: Southern Florida/Bahamas/Western North Atlantic Ocean... A thin layer of Saharan dust was observed extending from Florida eastward into two separate cyclonic features, one south of Bermuda and one southeast of Bermuda. This strip of Saharan Dust appeared to be moving to the east with the two cyclonic features. Caribbean Sea/Atlantic Ocean... Saharan dust was also observed across much of the Caribbean Sea extending eastward into the Tropical North Atlantic. This feature is thinner than observations from over the past few days. This feature appeared to be moving west towards Honduras and Nicaragua. -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