DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0310Z October 20, 2021
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S./Lower Mississippi Valley/Gulf of Mexico... Agricultural fire activity was observed over parts of the Southeastern U.S. and Lower Mississippi Valley. Light density remnant smoke from the agricultural burning activity was observed over parts of Alabama and Mississippi. Light density smoke was also observed over parts of southeastern Texas, southern Louisiana, and over the northern Gulf of Mexico. Southern Rockies/Plains... Several narrow, light density plumes from both wildfires and agricultural burns were detected across Arizona, New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and southeastern Oklahoma. Pacific Northwest/British Columbia... A number of small, light density plumes from wildfires were observed over northern Idaho, eastern Washington, and southern British Columbia. Konon 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