DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z November 6, 2021
SMOKE:
Great Lakes Region/Middle Mississippi Valley…
Areas of leftover thin density smoke attributed to recent
agricultural/seasonal fires nearby and fires farther to the northwest
across North Dakota and far south central Canada were seen this morning
in the area extending from eastern Wisconsin and western lower Michigan
to the south over portions of the Middle Mississippi Valley.
Florida Panhandle/Northern Gulf of Mexico…
A relatively small patch of remnant thin density smoke likely from
yesterday’s agricultural/seasonal fire activity in the southeastern
U.S. was visible over a portion of the Florida Panhandle and offshore
to the south over the nearby far northern Gulf of Mexico.
Western New Mexico…
A swath of thin density smoke likely from prescribed burning occurring
in western New Mexico and central and eastern New Mexico was seen moving
to the east over west central New Mexico this morning.
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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