DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 30, 2021
SMOKE:
Texas/Tamaulipas/Western GOMEX...
A wildfire in north central Texas was observed producing light to moderate
density smoke extending nearly 300 miles to the south-southeast. Another
smaller fire producing light smoke was observed in central Texas, while
a cluster of activity from midway between Corpus Christi and Brownsville
into McAllen, Brownsville, and northern Tamaulipas in Mexico was observed
producing mainly light smoke, with one fire north of Brownsville producing
moderate smoke at times. Much of this smoke was moving off toward the
southeast out over the Gulf of Mexico.
Northern Plains…
A single fire in the southeastern Black Hills of South Dakota was observed
producing moderate density smoke today. This smoke was moving eastward
across the Black Hills until reaching the eastern end, where the smoke
began fanning out from north to east. Further northeast from here, a few
small, light smoke plumes were noted coming from presumably agricultural
burning activity across eastern North Dakota. This smoke was seen moving
north-northeast and was dissipating fairly quickly. It is likely further
smoke emissions were present northwest of the smoke plumes analyzed,
but cloud cover was obscuring the view of any smoke across southeastern
Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba.
Extreme southern California/northeastern Baja California…
In the agricultural area extending from the Salton Sea to the Colorado
River Delta, about half a dozen individual light smoke plumes were noted
moving southward. Some of these smoke plumes were beginning to merge as
the sun was setting.
Western Canada…
Scattered fire activity across British Columbia and Alberta was observed
today with over half a dozen producing light smoke and one producing
moderate density smoke. Nearly all smoke observed was moving eastward
from the parent fire.
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