DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z October 24, 2021
SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S/Western Atlantic...
Light density remnant smoke attributed to recent agricultural burning
activity over parts of the Southeastern U.S. was observed over parts of
the Ohio/Tennessee River Valley including most of Kentucky and Tennessee
this morning. Light density smoke was also observed to the east over
parts of the Southern Mid-Atlantic including Southern Virginia, as well
as over coastal North/South Carolina, and over parts of the Western
Atlantic in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
DUST:
Caribbean/Atlantic...
A large region of Saharan dust was observed over the Eastern and Central
tropical Atlantic. Saharan dust was also observed east and northeast of
the Lesser and Greater Antilles over the Western Atlantic. Light density
Saharan dust was also observed over parts of the Central and Western
Caribbean Sea just west of Jamaica and east of Central America in this
morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
Sambucci
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