DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z November 30, 2017
SMOKE: Pacific Coast States... Many small smoke plumes were observed emanating from fires throughout California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. These smoke plumes were seen generally moving to the north. Colorado/New Mexico... A few smoke plumes were seen throughout the spine of the Rockies. The smoke plumes seen in Colorado were observed moving off to the west, while the one in New Mexico moved off to the east-southeast. Southeastern CONUS/Mid-Atlantic... Numerous fires from Kansas to Eastern Texas to Florida to New Jersey were seen producing mainly light density smoke plumes. The smoke plumes in eastern Texas, Kentucky, and Tennessee were moving off to the northeast, while the plumes in Florida were moving off to the west. The plumes in southern Alabama and southern Georgia were moving to the south, while those from north Georgia into New Jersey were moving off to the east or south east. South Texas/Texas Gulf Coast... A handful of smoke plumes were seen emanating from fires in Texas. One set of fires in the Justin Hurst Wildlife Management Area was seen producing thick smoke plumes, while others were fairly light in nature. These smoke plumes were moving off toward the south or southeast. Southern Wisconsin/Northern Illinois... Fires across southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois were producing mainly light smoke plumes. One fire in the Necedah Oak-Pine Savanna State Natural Area in west-central Wisconsin was producing moderate density smoke. These smoke plumes were moving to the north. DUST: Mexican Rio Grande Valley... North-northwesterly winds were causing blowing dust to occur downwind of Laguna La Leche on the border of the Mexican States of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon. -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