DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330 November 3, 2010
Northwest Pacific/British Columbia coasts: A large area of thin smoke was observed in this evening's imagery drifting northwestward off of Vancouver Island and Washington state. Another area was seen to the north along the British Columbia coast. This smoke is believed to have originated from the fires in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. A smaller area of smoke off of the northern California coast is believed to be from the southwestern Oregon fires. Western Gulf of Mexico: A small area of aerosol, believed to be remnant smoke, was observed off of the Texas coast. The source of this aerosol is assumed to be from the fires in the central and southern Plains. Great Lakes: A medium-sized area of aerosol is located around lower Michigan. The source of the aerosol, believed to be remnant smoke, is from the fires in the Midwest and Ohio River Valley. Myrga 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. THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov