DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z September 10, 2009
Hudson's Bay/Ontario/Quebec/Great Lakes Region: A mix of haze and thin to moderate density smoke ahead and just behind a frontal boundary, had moved slowly eastward during the day across Hudson's Bay and Ontario into western Quebec. Over the Great Lakes Region, while some smoke over the U.P. of Michigan and Lake Superior drifted northeast, weak low level flow from the east pushed smoke over the region only slightly to the west. Moderate density smoke was seen over Wisconsin, east Iowa, southwest and northwest Illinois, and over southern Canada. Most of this remnant smoke/haze is believed to be from the fires in BC several days ago. Northern Plains/Midwest to western Kentucky: As smoke from the Great Lakes region drifted westward today and clouds along the frontal boundary dissipated over South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa, smoke became more apparent over the region. Thin smoke stretched from central Minnesota southwest and then west along the South Dakota/Nebraska border, also extending southeast across Iowa/Missouri/Illinous/Indiana to western Kentucky. Areas of embedded moderately dense smoke were seen over s Illinois/northeast Missouri and over east Nebraska/northwest Iowa. Oklahoma: The area of haze seen over parts of Oklahoma/Texas/Arkansas/Mississippi had mostly disappeared by this evening. The only remaining aerosols seen were over norther Oklahoma, just south of the Kansas border. The composition of these aerosols was undetermined. -Sheffler More information on the areas of smoke described above as well as others can be found at the locations listed below. THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov