DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z November 227, 2017
SMOKE: Southeast US... Seasonal fires scattered in the southeast are producing light density smoke that were carried predominantly towards the south. The largest concentration of smoke was visible over Florida and south of Lake Okeechobee. These small smoke plumes combine and blanket the area while traveling towards the southwest and into the Gulf of Mexico. Lower Mississippi Valley... Several fires located in the northern half of Arkansas, including the Forked Fire, continued to burn throughout the day producing light density smoke that was seen to drift eastward. Prescribed burns in southern Louisiana produced light density smoke that have conglomerated into a area of smoke that stretched into the Gulf of Mexico. Arizona... A fire in eastern Arizona burned throughout the day producing light to moderately dense smoke. The smoke extended towards the east and into western New Mexico this evening. WB 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