Saturday, August 13, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z August 14, 2011

Western Ontario:
Moderately dense to locally dense smoke was seen moving to the east
from a couple of wildfires in far western Ontario this evening near the
Manitoba border. The smoke was mostly within 150km of the fires by sunset.

Mid-Atlantic Coast:
The Lateral West fire in the Great Dismal Swamp along the Virginia-North
Carolina border became cloud covered this afternoon and evening and the
clouds spread across most of Virginia, Maryland and the Delmarva and
precluded additional smoke detection. The smoke was last seen off the
Atlantic Coast of North Carolina, Virginia, the Delmarva and southern
New Jersey, extending approximately 225km offshore. The smoke was light
along the eastern periphery and moderately dense closer to the coast.

California:
Light remnant smoke from a fire in Mariposa county in Yosemite National
Park was seen drifting north along the western slopes of the Sierra
Nevada reaching into southern El Dorado county by sunset. A more recent
smoke plume still attached to the active fire was moving to the northeast
into western Nevada.

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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

 


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.