DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z November 2, 2022
SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Southeast/Atlantic Coast/Mississippi Valley/Texas Remnant smoke was observed across the northern Gulf of Mexico, southern Mississippi Valley to the Southeast US and and along the coast. Smoke stretched across southern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, across northern Florida and southern/central Georgia and up the southeast coast along eastern Southern Carolina and North Carolina. Another area of residual smoke was seen across eastern Texas, northern/central Louisiana and southern Arkansas and moving into west central Mississippi. Smoke is from fires burning across the region over the last couple days. Central Plains... Light density remnant smoke was detected across eastern Kansas, northeast Oklahoma and east into most of Missouri, northern Arkansas and southwest Illinois. This smoke is from the previous day fires in the region. JK 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 map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov