DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z November 2, 2021
SMOKE:
Gulf Coast/Southern Plains...
Light to moderate density smoke plumes were seen emanating from
agricultural burning activity across much of the southern CONUS from
Texas to Florida. The smoke plumes from this activity were moving south
across Mississippi and Alabama, southwest and west across Louisiana,
and northwest across Texas, Arkansas, and southeastern Oklahoma. One
or two fires across the rest of Oklahoma were seen with attendant smoke
plumes moving south-southwest behind a frontal passage. Cloudiness across
southern Georgia and the Florida Panhandle was hampering the ability to
analyze smoke there.
Western Canada/Pacific Northwest...
Widespread prescribed burning activity was prevalent across western
Canada and the Pacific Northwest. The highest density of analyzed fire
activity was across northwestern Alberta and northern Idaho. Much of the
smoke was moving west-northwestward outside of central British Columbia,
where smoke was moving west-southwestward. A weather system was observed
moving across much of Washington State, Oregon, and central and southern
Idaho, which was making the analysis of smoke and fire activity near
impossible there, even though fires and smoke are likely present given
the activity in nearby locations and the recent activity in the obscured
areas in previous days.
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