DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2335Z November 5, 2023
SMOKE: Central, Southeastern, and Mid-Atlantic US... Widespread seasonal burning was observed this afternoon across the central, south central, and southeastern U.S. This situation has been ongoing for a number of days now, whereas pockets of moderate fire and smoke activity was also found along the western side of the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Kentucky and southwestern West Virginia. A very thin layer of remnant smoke could also be seen stretching from southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, passing through Tennessee, and northern Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, continuing over the Mid-Atlantic states and southern New England, and extending northeastward for a few hundred miles over the Atlantic ocean. WS 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