DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z November 3, 2017
SMOKE: Four Corners... Wildfires throughout Arizona and Utah were observed producing mainly thin density smoke plumes. These smoke plumes extend northeastward into northeastern Arizona, extreme west-central New Mexico, and central Utah. Central Texas... A fire in central Texas was observed emitting puffs of smoke at three separate times this afternoon and evening. The smoke was seen moving off to the northeast. Southeastern CONUS... Fires from Florida to North Carolina were seen producing light smoke. Much of the smoke was moving off towards the north or northeast, except in Florida where smoke was moving towards the west. British Columbia/Alberta... A few smoke plumes were visible throughout central British Columbia this afternoon. However, cloud cover obscured any smoke detection throughout southern British Columbia and southern Alberta. In addition to the solid cloud cover across southern British Columbia and Alberta, scattered to broken cover across northern British Columbia and Alberta complicated any analysis of smoke. Given the persistence and volume of fire activity in this region, there is likely more smoke present than analyzed. Northern California/Pacific Northwest... As was the case in western Canada, cloud cover made analysis of smoke from northern Idaho into northern California difficult. One smoke plume was analyzed in northern California through broken cloud cover, but no others were seen. However, given the roughly similar distribution of detected fires to yesterday, it is likely there is more smoke obfuscated by the present cloud cover, especially in the northern San Joaquin Valley. -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