Monday, August 15, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z August 15, 2011

Ontario/northern Great Lakes Region:
Much of the western and southwestern areas of Ontario are covered by a
large area of remnant thin to moderately dense smoke this morning. The
smoke has originated from large fires in western Ontario near the
Manitoba border.
Additionally, two elongated bands of thin density smoke are observed in
eastern Ontario, one in southeast Ontario beginning just south of James
Bay and extending down over the far eastern corner of Lake Superior,
and one over northern Lake Huron.

Mid Atlantic coast:
The Lateral West fire in the Great Dismal Swamp along the border
of Virginia and North Carolina continues to burn and is producing an
elongated area of remnant smoke. The plume over land is very dense, but
as it moves out over the western Atlantic it disperses into an area of
thin density smoke with an embedded strip of moderate density smoke.

Idaho:
Patches of thin density smoke are observed in southwest Idaho from
wildfires that were likely ignited by a thunderstorm that passed through
the area last night.


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

 


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.