DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z December 1, 2017
SMOKE: Louisiana/Texas... Numerous fires throughout eastern Texas and western Louisiana are producing various density smoke plumes. Some of the more impressive smoke plumes, which are producing moderate to heavily dense smoke, are located south of Sabine lake in far southwestern Louisiana, Fort Polk Wildlife Management Areas in west-central Louisiana, and in Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Gulf Coast near Houston. These smoke plumes are moving to the south or south-southeast, with some of the smoke detached from its parent fire. Mississippi and Missouri River Valleys... From east central Louisiana into far southeastern Nebraska, numerous fires are producing light density smoke. These smoke plumes are moving to the southeast. Upper Midwest... From eastern North Dakota into central Indiana, a high density of fires were analyzed. Some of these fires were producing smoke plumes, the most impressive of which is emanating from the North Dunes Nature Preserve just south of the Wisconsin/Illinois Border right along Lake Michigan. These smoke plumes are all moving toward the east-southeast. Florida... Around a half dozen smoke plumes were seen in the northern portion of the Florida Peninsula. These smoke plumes were moving off towards the southwest. A lone fire in the Florida panhandle, near Apalachicola, was producing moderate to dense smoke. This dense smoke was moving off toward the north-northwest. The Carolinas... A couple of smoke plumes were visible in southern South Carolina and in eastern North Carolina. These smoke plumes were moving off toward the east-southeast. Southern Sierras... A couple of fires throughout the southern Sierra Nevada were producing mainly light density smoke. The smoke was traveling toward the north. Western Canada... A few smoke plumes in British Columbia were seen moving northwest, while a few seen in east-central Alberta and west-central Saskatchewan were seen moving off toward the east. -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