DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z August 30, 2010
Central Plain/Great Lakes Region: A thin area of light smoke can be seen from central Oklahoma stretching northward to Minnesota and then eastward through the Great Lakes and into southwestern Quebec. This area of smoke is most likely attributed to numerous wildfires burning throughout the Pacific Northwest and agricultural fires along the lower Mississippi Valley and Oklahoma/Kansas. The smoke is moving NE to E over the top of the ridge. Mid-Atlantic Coast: An area of unknown aerosols is seen extending from New Jersey southward to off the coast of North Carolina. This area is moving south. Northern Hudson Bay: An area of light smoke can be seen across northern Hudson Bay and into eastern Nunavut. The source of this smoke is unknown but possibly from the persistent wildfires burning in Alaska. Earle 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