DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0129Z October 26, 2023
SMOKE: Western Gulf Coast region to Tennessee and Kentucky… An area of light density smoke, from fires over the Southeastern and South Central United States, was seen extending from portions of the Western Gulf Coast region of Louisiana and eastern Texas northeast into Tennessee and Kentucky. The smoke continues to move east of northeast trough Virginia and North Carolina and northeast along coastal regions of Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and along southern locations of New England and southeastern Canada and offshore into the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Arizona… A wildfire in north-central Arizona could be seen producing mostly light to moderate dense smoke which generally spread to the northeast of the fire as the evening approached. British Columbia… New fires in southern British Columbia could be seen producing mostly light to moderate dense smoke which generally spread to the southwest of the fire into cloud cover as the evening approached. 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 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