Saturday, October 2, 2010

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z October 3, 2010

Northwestern U.S.:
About a dozen fires in Oregon, Idaho, western Montana and western Wyoming
are producing visible light and moderate smoke plumes. The plumes
in Oregon extend mostly northward while those in Idaho extend to the
northeast, in Montana toward the east and in Wyoming toward the southeast.
Fires in Valley County, Idaho, Harney County, Oregon and Park County,
Wyoming and one near the border of Bear Lake and Caribou Counties in
Idaho are producing particularly noticeable smoke.

Mississippi, Louisiana, eastern Texas and western Gulf of Mexico:
Southward extending light smoke plumes in southern Mississippi, southern
Louisiana and eastern Texas are mixing with an area of remnant smoke and
haze over these states and the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The remnant
smoke originated from previous days fires in the same general area.


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.