DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z October 26, 2017
SMOKE: Arizona/New Mexico/Texas... Smoke from the fires in north central Arizona are seen this morning extending to the east southeast across central and southern New Mexico and into west Texas near the Midland Odessa area. This is light density smoke. A separate patch of light smoke was seen crossing the Big Bend area and moving to the east. Remnant smoke from a fire in far northern Baja was seen moving east across southern Arizona. Kansas... An area of light remnant smoke from last evening's fires in the region was seen over south central Kansas moving to the east. Gulf Coast and the Southeast... Numerous fires were seen this morning from east Texas across the Gulf Coast to southern Georgia. Most of them were producing smoke which was detectable. The smoke from the fires in Texas and Louisiana was moving to the northeast and the smoke from the fires further east were moving east. Ruminski 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