DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z July 10, 2011
Southeast US/Gulf of Mexico/Southern Mississippi River Valley:: Thin to moderate density smoke covered much of the southern portion of the Mississippi River Valley, the Southeast US, and the northeast Gulf of Mexico. This smoke is the result mainly of numerous fires in the Southeast US with those along the coast of southern Louisiana producing the most dense smoke this evening. Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US: An unknown aerosol was producing hazy conditions along the coast of the Northeast stretching southwest across the Mid-Atlantic over New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, northeast North Carolina, and West Virginia. Southern Plains/Southwest to Ohio Valley/Midwest/Northern Plains: A large area of thin to moderate density remnant smoke covered much of the Central US this evening from New Mexico/northwest Texas/southeast Colorado northeast to the Ohio Valley and northward to the Dakotas/Minnesota/southwest Ontario/east Manitoba. The bulk of this smoke is believed to have come from the Las Conchas/Pacheco wildfires in northern New Mexico, although fires in Kansas/Oklahoma and in the Southeast US also likely contributed. Northern California to Montana/South Central Canada: Thin remnant smoke possibly mixed with other aerosols could be seen across the Northwestern US this evening. This smoke is believed to have come from fires in north California and northeast Oregon yesterday. Additional aerosol seen over northern Montana/south Alberta/south Saskatchewan/southwest Manitoba not analyzed as a remnant smoke mixture is believed to the result of blowing/elevated dust particles. Southeast California/Southwest Arizona: A small amount of blowing dust could be seen along the California/Arizona border mixed with smoke from several ag fires in the region. This blowing dust was generally moving northeast and east. Northwest Canada: Thin smoke can be seen slowly migrating east across the Northwest Territories and mainland Nunavut. This remnant smoke is from several wildfires burning in the Northwest Territories, some of which were producing new smoke this evening. Sheffler THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE 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 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov