DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0318Z November 11, 2021
SMOKE:
Northeastern United States...
An area of light density remnant smoke from yesterdays seasonal fire
activity over Southern and western Canada was seen extending from eastern
Illinois from the west, continuing east ending in The Atlantic Ocean
off the coast south of New England.
Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche…
A large area of light density smoke and/or dust was observed along the
coast and extending into the Bay.
Arizona…
A few fires spread across the north and east of the state were producing
light density smoke that moved primarily southward.
Southwestern Canada and Northwestern US…
Widespread fire activity in southwestern Canada and northwestern US was
producing light density smoke. The full extent of smoke coverage could
not be discerned due to heavy cloud cover over the area. It’s likely
there is more smoke below the cloud deck based on the large number of
fires detected between breaks in clouds, especially in southern Canada
and northern Idaho.
Southeastern US…
Widespread fire activity throughout the Mississippi Valley was producing
a large number of light smoke plumes. Smoke moved primarily northward and
covered much of Alabama. Additional plumes were observed in Louisiana,
Florida, Mississippi and Georgia. Additional scattered activity was
observed throughout Appalachia. Another concentrated area of fire activity
was observed further north along the Mississippi River in Arkansas and
southeastern Missouri, but cloud cover was too thick to observe smoke
plumes. A weather system moving into the area obscured much of the
visibility this evening.
DUST:
Caribbean Sea….
An area of Saharan Dust was observed stretching into the southeastern
Caribbean Sea.
Levine
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