DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z October 26, 2017
SMOKE: Arizona/Utah... A prescribed burn in Kaibab National Forest in north central Arizona has a varying density smoke plume that extends to the west, reaching into southern Nevada. A wind shift has caused the smoke plume to double back on itself. The heaviest smoke is now moving off toward the east, but some thin density smoke from this morning remains over northern Arizona and far southern Utah. A second moderate smoke plume was also seen extending to the east-northeast from a fire south of the Kaibab National Forest fire. Two more fires were producing significant smoke in east-central Arizona. New Mexico... A fire in the north-central portion of New Mexico was seen producing a moderate density smoke plume that was moving off to the east. Northern Baja into the Pacific Ocean... A fire in the northwestern Baja California Peninsula was seen emitting a dense smoke plume that was traveling east. Thin density remnant smoke from the same fire was also seen across the channel islands and near-shore Pacific Ocean. Kansas... A series of agricultural burns throughout Kansas were seen producing smoke plumes, which eventually congealed into one larger mass of smoke. This mass of smoke was seen moving off to the east. Gulf Coast and the Southeast... Numerous fires were seen be producing smoke plumes this afternoon. The most significant smoke plume is associated with a fire in the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge along the Texas Gulf Coast. Nearly all observed smoke plumes were moving off to the southeast. Some high cirrus moved over eastern Arkansas which may have impeded the analysis of smoke in this region. British Columbia and the Northern Plains... Cloud cover across British Columbia and the Northern Plains did not allow for smoke to be analyzed in these regions. However, with the high density of analyzed fires throughout both regions, smoke is likely present at a few places in both areas. 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