DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0032Z January 17, 2018
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS... A few fires throughout Florida and Georgia were observed emitting smoke this afternoon. Many of these observed smoke plumes across the Florida peninsula are drifting off to the southwest, while those across Georgia and the Florida panhandle are drifting to the north or northeast ahead of a frontal passage. Of note is that, with the volume of fires across Georgia and the presence of high cirrus cloud cover, there is likely more smoke than analyzed. However, the high cloud cover obfuscates much of any existing smoke below. Red River Valley/Ozarks... A couple of smoke plumes from northern Texas into Southern Missouri were seen emitting smoke. These smoke plumes were moving off to the south-southeast. Southwestern Wisconsin... A couple of fires in southwestern Wisconsin were giving off smoke this afternoon, which was observed moving to the south-southwest. The Black Hills... A couple of intense fires were observed emitting smoke across western South Dakota and extreme northeastern Wyoming. The smoke from the eastern side of the Black Hills was moving off toward the east-northeast, while the smoke from the western side of the Black Hills was moving off toward the west. -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