DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z December 11, 2017
SMOKE: Southern California/Pacific Northwest/Western Canada: Wildfires located in Ventura County and in southeastern Santa Barbara County continue to produce moderately dense to very thick smoke spreading predominantly towards the west off the California coast and well out over the Pacific Ocean. Across the Pacific the smoke is moderately dense with some smaller areas of very dense smoke. The smoke is moving mostly north along the coast line and westward from southern California to north of Vancouver Island. Some lighter smoke may be farther north of Vancouver Island. A small area of thin smoke has moved south from the main section of smoke moving north over the Pacific. The heaviest smoke along the coastline and westward extends from the source to the Oregon/California border. Southern Florida: Numerous small agricultural fires are burning south of Lake Okeechobee with mostly light smoke moving south across S. Florida. J Kibler 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