DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0202Z August 29, 2010
Lower Mississippi Valley/Eastern Texas/Western Gulf of Mexico: A thin area of smoke from numerous agricultural fires across the area continues to be evident on satellite imagery this evening. At sunset the area of smoke extended from the western Ohio Valley southwest towards eastern Texas and into the western Gulf of Mexico. South Central Canada/Great Lakes States: The area of thin smoke that was evident earlier today over South Central Canada and the Great Lakes States was much less evident on satellite imagery this evening with the exception of a small area of smoke extending from Lake Huron towards the eastern end of Lake Erie. Northern Rockies/Northern Plains/South Central Canada: Widespread cloud cover with system over the northern Rockies continues to hinder smoke analysis this evening but there is some suggestion of an area of thin smoke from the northern Rockies/Northern Plains and extending northeast into South Central Canada. The source of the smoke is believed to be the numerous wildfires that have occurred over the last few days in the northern Rockies. 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