Wednesday, November 17, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0211Z November 18, 2021

SMOKE:
South Central and Southeastern U.S....
Moderate agricultural burning activity could be seen across the South
Central and Southeastern U.S. resulting in numerous plumes of smoke that
are mainly light in density with some having moderate density smoke near
their sources, most of the plumbs were located in Alabama. A larger area
of light density smoke was observed over the southeastern U.S. stretching
from and Alabama in the southwest to Virginia in the northeast.

Central Louisiana...
A Wildfire in central Louisiana was emitting light to heavy density
smoke which was moving northeast in direction.

Arizona...
Two Wildfires were observed in northern Arizona and they were responsible
for two plumbs of light to moderate density smoke that was moving generaly
east in direction.

Central California...
A Wildfire in central California was emitting light to moderate density
smoke which was moving generally north in direction.

Utah...
A Wildfire in southern Utah was emitting light to moderate density smoke
which was moving generally south in direction.

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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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.