DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0001Z November 4, 2021
SMOKE:
Central and Eastern Gulf Coast Region…
Thin density smoke from today’s agricultural and seasonal fire
activity over the Southeast was seen over portions of southeastern
Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, southern Georgia,
northern Florida, and the nearby north central and northeastern Gulf of
Mexico. Smoke plumes were seen moving mostly towards the southwest.
Southern Florida…
Thin density smoke plumes from relatively short duration agricultural
fires were visible moving to the southwest north of Lake Okeechobee in
southern Florida.
South Central Canada…
Thin density smoke from agricultural/seasonal fire activity in south
central Canada and North Dakota was seen this morning moving to the
northeast over southern Manitoba.
Northwestern U.S./Western Canada…
Despite the significant amount of fire activity occurring over the
Northwestern U.S. and portions of British Columbia and Alberta in western
Canada, smoke plumes were not visible due to widespread cloudiness.
Rodriguez
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