Saturday, October 30, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z October 30, 2021


SMOKE:
Texas/Gulf of Mexico/Eastern Mexico…
A broad area of residual thin density smoke possibly mixed with leftover
blowing dust was visible in satellite imagery this morning stretching
from north central Texas to far southern Texas, eastern Mexico, the
western Gulf of Mexico, and the Bay of Campeche. It is possible that a
decent portion of this smoke is due to the Buck Fire burning near the
Throckmorton and Shackelford county border area between Wichita Falls
and Abilene in north central Texas. Some localized moderate density
smoke was seen near and to the east of this fire this morning.

Pacific Northwest/Southwestern Canada…
Numerous agricultural fires and/or seasonal/prescribed/controlled fires
were detected across portions of the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern
Canada though no smoke was seen in morning satellite imagery with
these fires.

DUST:
Eastern Caribbean/Puerto Rico…
Some very thin density Saharan dust may still be present as seen in
satellite imagery across a portion of the eastern Caribbean including
Puerto Rico and extending to the north and northeast of Puerto Rico.

JS


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.