DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0120Z October 29, 2021
SMOKE: British Columbia, Alberta... Numerous wildfires in central/northern British Columbia and northern Alberta were responsible for a large area of light density smoke over must of central/northern British Columbia through most of northern Alberta. This smoke was seen through breaks in the clouds preventing further analysis. Manitoba... Agricultural burring in southwestern Manitoba were responsible for two areas of light density smoke over the corresponding areas. Texas... A wildfire in northern Texas was producing a light to heavy density smoke plumb that was moving southeast across the state. Dust: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas... Just as night approached a large area of light to moderate blowing dust could be seen traveling southeast from Kansas through Oklahoma, and into eastern Texas. Central/Eastern Caribbean and Central/Eastern Tropical Atlantic... A large region of Saharan dust was observed over most of the Eastern and Central tropical Atlantic. Saharan dust was also observed to the west of this region over most of the Eastern Caribbean including the Lesser Antilles and parts of the Central Caribbean to the south of Hispaniola, Jamaica, and over Puerto Rico. 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