DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z November 1, 2021
SMOKE:
Central and South Central U.S./Eastern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico…
Satellite imagery from this afternoon no longer showed a larger area of
thin density remnant smoke. However, a smaller ribbon of remnant smoke
was seen moving northeastward over Oklahoma. In addition to that ribbon
of remnant smoke, scattered to widespread smoke-producing agricultural
burning was observed across the southern Plains, the Mississippi Valley,
and the Gulf Coast. The greatest density of activity was observed along
the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Basins in Louisiana. Smoke from
this activity and activity along the Gulf Coast into Florida was moving
southeast early in the afternoon, then began moving south as the sun was
setting. Across northern Louisiana, northeastern and east-central Texas,
and Arkansas, smoke was moving south-southwest to southwest. Smoke across
the rest of Texas was moving westward.
Northwestern U.S./Southwestern Canada…
Widespread agricultural and seasonal fires were observed across
western Canada and the Pacific Northwest, with a handful producing
light to moderate smoke. Smoke across northern Washington and southern
British Columbia was moving west, central British Columbia was moving
west-northwest to northwest, and northern British Columbia was moving
north to northeast. The most dense activity, in both areal fire density
and smoke density, was located north of Prince George.
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