DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z August 12, 2011
Mid-Atlantic Coast: An elongated area of unknown aerosol continues to be present off the US east coast stretching from Florida northeastward along a stationary front over the western Atlantic. Moderate to dense smoke is observed moving east off the North Carolina coast from the Lateral West fire located on the Virginia-North Carolina border. Southern Louisiana: An area of moderately dense smoke covers much of southern Louisiana and part of the Louisiana Gulf coast this evening from a local fire. The remnant smoke remains confined to the state of Louisiana. Southern Alberta/Central Montana: A large area of thin density remnant smoke is wrapped around the low pressure circulation centered near the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan border. The remnant smoke, which is observed stretching into southeast Montana, has likely originated from the recent wildfires in northern Alberta. South Central Canada/Great Lakes Region: Patches of light density smoke are visible over southeast Manitoba, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Lake Superior. This smoke is probably the result of numerous small fires in the immediate vicinity and also from the larger wildfires to the east of Great Slave Lake whose remnant smoke has tracked southeast over the past week. Northwest Territories: A relatively small area of moderate to dense smoke is visible near the wildfires that are located to the east of Great Slave Lake in southeast Northwest Territories. Thin density remnant smoke is detected only as far south as the border of Saskatchewan. Ramirez 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