DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2200Z October 23, 2018.
SMOKE:
Washington/British Columbia..
Light density smoke can be seen over Washington state and southern
British Columbia. The smoke is slowly moving towards the north-northeast.
South Central Canada/North Dakota...
Numerous seasonal/agricultural fires were detected over southern
Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba in south central Canada and the
northern half of North Dakota. There was a mixture of light and medium
density smoke plumes moving towards the north-northwest.
Florida...
Agricultural fires could be seen around the lower half of Lake Okeechobee
producing light-density smoke moving towards the west.
Mississippi Valley...
There were numerous seasonal/agricultural fires detected throughout
the Plains but the majority of smoke plumes seen were in the Central
Mississippi Valley and were moving in all directions.
Rodriguez
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/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/
KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire)
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov