DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z November 14, 2017
SMOKE: No significant areas of remnant smoke were observed in satellite imagery this afternoon and evening. A couple of more notable smoke plumes were seen in central Utah and west central Colorado. These plumes of light to moderately dense smoke were moving to the east. DUST: Alaska... A moderately dense to dense plume of blowing glacial silt continued to be seen this evening originating from the Copper River Basin and extending at least 500 km to the south into the Gulf of Alaska. A separate, smaller plume was also seen a little further to the east, originating from the Linear Lakes region and extending to the south southwest. Re-suspended light to locally dense volcanic ash was seen again this evening from near the Katmai volcano and extending to the south across the southwest portion of Kodiak Island. 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