DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0002Z February 1, 2018
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS... Numerous wildfires from Florida to Texas to southern Missouri and North Carolina were observed emitting mainly light smoke this afternoon, although a few were observed emitting thicker smoke. The greatest concentration of smoke plumes is in southern Georgia. These smoke plumes are moving anticyclonically around a high pressure center just of the Georgia coast and to the northeast ahead of a cold front passing through Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. Southwestern CONUS... From southern California into the Four Corners region, about a dozen fires were seen emitting thin density smoke. Nearly all smoke plumes were moving off to the east-southeast. -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