DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z November 29, 2019
SMOKE: Florida and the Bahamas... Scattered fires throughout the agricultural area around Lake Okeechobee and a few throughout the Bahamas were producing light smoke plumes that moved off mainly toward the south. British Columbia, Alberta, and the Pacific northwest... Many fires were noted across southwestern Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Light to very light smoke was noted emanating from a handful of fires, with smoke moving westward off the Pacific coast across southwestern BC and Victoria Island. Southeastern CONUS... Fires with smoke plumes were observed from Louisiana to South Carolina. Much of the smoke was light, with one or two producing denser smoke. Smoke over Louisiana was moving west, while smoke across Georgia and South Carolina was moving south-southeast. Elsewhere... Cloud cover across much of the western and central CONUS was covered by clouds. This likely is obscuring at least some fire activity and smoke emission. BLOWING DUST Central Mexico... In the Mexican states of Guanajuato, Michoacan, and Queretaro, blowing dust was observed. The dust was being blown off towards the northeast. 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/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