DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0315Z September 8, 2010
Kansas and Colorado: An area of light smoke can be seen moving northwest towards the Kansas/Colorado border. The smoke is likely originating from a fire burning in southwest Kansas but the actual fire was not detected in satellite imagery. Nevada and Idaho: Blowing dust is seen from dry lake beds in northwest Nevada and west/central Nevada moving east-northeast. Another area of thinner blowing dust is seen spreading northward across east/central Idaho. The source is unknown. Earlier Today: Lower Mississippi Valley/Ohio Valley/Central Great Lakes: An area of light smoke is seen across portions of the lower Mississippi Valley then northward across the Ohio Valley and over most of the central Great Lakes. The area of smoke also stretches back toward the west along the Iowa/Missouri border. Origins of the smoke are likely from numerous agricultural fires that were producing smoke yesterday across the lower Mississippi Valley region in addition to a large wildfire that continues to burn west of Boulder, CO. Colorado: An area of light to moderate smoke is seen along the Colorado foothills. The smoke is from a wildfire burning west of Boulder, CO. Central California: A wildfire in east central California along the southeastern edge of Fresno county is producing moderately dense to dense smoke moving to the northeast. Warren/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