DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z September 30, 2010
**Network connectivity problems have prohibited distribution of HMS products today. Updates on this production zone outage can be found at: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/bulletins.html *** Utah: The large fire int southwestern Utah continued to produce dense smoke overnight and into the morning hours. This area of smoke stretched from central Nevada through Utah and into Colorado. The densest areas are attached to the fire and moving toward the northeast. Montana/Wyoming: Ribbons of remnant smoke were observed over southern Montana and eastern Wyoming slowly drifting eastward. These areas of smoke are most likely from the numerous fires across the northwestern US today. Lower Mississippi Valley: Remnant smoke from yesterday's fires across Louisiana was still visible in imagery this morning slowly drifting south out over the gulf. Mississippi/Tennessee/Kentucky: A thin ribbon of smoke stretching from Mississippi to Kentucky was seen in the first images of the day. This area of smoke is most likely from the yesterday's fires across the Lower Mississippi Valley. -MS 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