Monday, September 12, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z September 12 2011

Great Lakes Region/Southern Ontario:
Area of light to moderately-dense smoke is seen across portions of
northern Indiana/northern Illinois, eastern Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin,
eastern Minnesota and southern Ontario.  It is drifting toward the east.
Thick cloud cover across much of central Great Lakes is inhibiting the
ability to identify the full extent of remnant smoke.  Area of smoke
is from a combination of Pacific Northwest fires, Pagami Creek fire in
northeastern Minnesota and fires across southeastern Saskatchewan and
southern Manitoba provinces.

Northern Rockies/Northern Plains:
Area of remnant thin smoke is seen stretched west to east from
Idaho/Montana to across South Dakota/southwestern Minnesota this
morning. Embedded area of moderately-dense smoke can be seen near the
leading edge across eastern South Dakota/southwestern Minnesota.



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

 


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.