DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0206Z October 27, 2021
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S./Lower Mississippi Valley... Light density smoke plumes emanating from heavy agricultural burning activity was observed throughout the day over the Southeastern U.S. and Lower Mississippi Valley including Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida with the smoke moving primarily southeast. Texas... A wildfire in far northern Texas was producing light to moderate density smoke plumb that was moving north into Oklahoma and Kansas. British Columbia... Multiple wildfires were responsible for a large area of light to heavy smoke density that could be seen through breaks in the clouds over central/eastern British Columbia. *Extensive cloud cover over much of the Northwestern US, Central US and Northeast precluded further smoke and fire analysis DUST: Light density Saharan dust was also observed over parts of the Eastern Caribbean Sea. Eglin 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