DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z September 9 2011
Lake Superior/Michigan/Minnesota/Wisconsin: Remnant smoke from a wildfire burning south of Reindeer Lake in Canada is rotating around a mid-level low centered over the Dakotas. Satellite imagery this morning shows smoke moving from western Ontario into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Another patch of light smoke dissipated over central and southern Minnesota as the smoke approached Iowa and South Dakota. In northern Minnesota, localized moderate to dense smoke is located in Superior National Forest in Lake County due to the Pagami Creek fire. Nevada/Idaho/Montana/Alberta/Saskatchewan: Numerous wildfires continued to burn overnight in Idaho and Montana. Remnant smoke from these fires was visible this morning spreading to the south and west over portions of central Nevada. Smoke also extended northward through western Montana and into southeastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan. Manitoba: A wildfire burning south of Reindeer Lake in Saskatchewan produced smoke which moved eastward into neighboring Manitoba. Oregon/Washington: Several large wildfires burning in the Cascades Range in Oregon produced an area of light, remnant smoke in Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, Linn and Lane Counties in Oregon along with Clark and Cowlitz Counties in Washington. An additional wildfire on the Olympic Peninsula is producing localized areas of moderately dense smoke. Myrga 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