DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z November 23, 2017
SMOKE: Lower Mississippi Valley/Lower Missouri Valley/Eastern Texas... From the central Kansas/Oklahoma border Western Alabama, a number of smoke plumes from largely agricultural burns were visible. The plumes in the Lower Mississippi Valley and Eastern Texas were moving off to the south to southwest, while those in Kansas and Missouri were moving off to the north. Western Alberta... Visible through breaks in cloud cover, a smoke plume was observed in western Alberta. The smoke from the parent fire was traveling to the north-northeast. The extent of the smoke plume is obscured by cloud cover. Given that this smoke plume was picked out, it is quite possible that more smoke plumes were present in the region that were obscured by cloud cover. DUST: Caribbean Sea... A small amount of Saharan dust was visible across the southeastern Caribbean extending to the north-northwest from the south-central Caribbean into Jamaica. This dust was moving off toward the west. AEROSOL: Southern San Joaquin Valley... Across the southern San Joaquin Valley, aerosol was observed moving south towards the southwestern edge of the valley. This aerosol has caused visibility issues from Fresno to Bakersfield throughout much of the day. The aerosol is likely enhanced sulfate from tailpipe emissions as a result of the increased travel for the Thanksgiving holiday. -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