DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z November 14, 2023
SMOKE: Mogollon Rim/Rockies… Some scattered fire activity was noted across the Mogollon Rim and the Rockies in the New Mexico/Colorado border area. The fires in the eastern portion of the Mogollon Rim were producing moderate to thick smoke that was moving north then northeast with new smoke moving northwest later in the day. Smoke over northern New Mexico and southern Colorado was mainly moving northeastward Midwest/Mid-Atlantic… Scattered smoke plumes were observed from Minnesota to Pennsylvania and Virginia. Smoke was moving east-southeastward from Minnesota into Virginia, while smoke across eastern Virginia and Pennsylvania was moving northeastward. The most dense activity was located across the Upper Mississippi Valley into the Chicagoland area. Great Plains… Scattered smoke production was also observed from Nebraska and Iowa into Oklahoma and Missouri this afternoon. Smoke from the activity in Missouri was moving westward, west-northwestward across Oklahoma, and north from fires in Iowa and Nebraska. Sacramento Valley/Sierra Nevada… Widespread fire activity in the Sacramento Valley was observed producing light to moderate smoke that was moving northwestward from the parent activity, blanketing much of the northern Sacramento valley. A couple fires in the Sierra Nevada were also observed producing light to moderate smoke this afternoon. Hosley 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