DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0141 December 3, 2021
SMOKE:
Eastern Great Plains, Mississippi Valley, Southeast U.S. Atlantic Ocean,
Gulf of Mexico...
Heavy agricultural burning activity was observed throughout the eastern
Great Plains, Southeast U.S., and the Mississippi Valley. Fires were
emitting light to moderate density smoke plumes generally towards the
northeast in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia, and Florida. A broader area of light density smoke from these
fires was seen along the coast of the Gulf states, through Florida,
and continues north along the east coast before being concealed by cloud
cover as night approached.
Arizona...
Seasonal fires in eastern Arizona was emitting a plumb of light to
moderated density smoke plumb which was moving northeast in direction.
British Columbia, Alberta...
Numerous large seasonal fires in British Columbia and Alberta were seen
through breaks in the clouds as night approached preventing further
analysis.
Eglin
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