DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z September 11 2011
N. Montana/S. Alberta/S. Saskatchewan/S. Manitoba/Ontario/North Dakota/N. Minnesota: Large area of remnant smoke is seen stretched out from northern Montana east-northeast across southern portions of Alberta, Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. Smoke is also seen extending south and east across North Dakota and over northern Minnesota. Area of smoke is seen to extend as far east as southern Ontario province. Generally smoke is thin but two embedded areas of moderately-dense smoke are observed. One is across southern Ontario province and the other farther back to the west across southeastern Manitoba and into portions of Ontario. Smoke is believed to be from numerous fires burning across Pacific Northwest in U.S. and fires in eastern Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba and Ontario. Central Plains: Elongated thin area of remnant smoke seen in morning satellite imagery across portions of northeastern Nebraska, northern Iowa, southern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin. Remnant smoke likely originated from numerous wildfires across Pacific Northwest. Warren 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