DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2145Z August 28, 2010
Lower Mississippi Valley/eastern Texas: A thin area of smoke from numerous agricultural fires across the area over the last few days was seen in early morning satellite imagery from portions of southern Illinois/western Kentucky/western Tennessee extending southwest towards eastern Texas. South Central Canada/Great Lakes States: An area of thin smoke was evident from eastern Minnesota extending through the Great Lakes and into adjoining southern Ontario/Quebec and New York. It is believed that the source of this area of smoke was the numerous wildfires over the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies over the last few days. Pacific Northwest/Northern Rockies: Widespread cloud cover with system over the northern Rockies has hindered smoke analysis this morning from the numerous wildfires that have occurred over the last few days. Hanna 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