DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z September 13 2011
Northeast: Area of remnant thin smoke is seen in GOES-EAST visible satellite imagery this morning across portions of New York and Pennsylvania. Smoke is likely a mix of large wildfire burning across northeastern Minnesota, fires in Manitoba/Ontario and Pacific Northwest. Idaho/Montana/Wyoming/Northern Plains/Great Lakes Region: A rather large, elongated area of thin dense smoke is seen in GOES-WEST satellite imagery stretching from Michigan/Ohio/Indiana back west across Northern Plains to Montana/Wyoming/Idaho. Eastern portion of smoke area is becoming mixed with remnant smoke from the Pagami Creek fire located in northeastern Minnesota, that continues to burn and produce smoke this morning. Majority of remnant smoke originated from numerous wildfires still burning across Pacific Northwest/Idaho/Montana/Wyoming. Eastern Minnesota/Wisconsin: Remnant area of light to moderately-dense smoke along with attached smoke plume associated with the Pagami Creek wildfire is spreading east-southeast across eastern Minnesota/Wisconsin this morning. Southern and eastern extent of remnant smoke is mixing with smoke plume previously mentioned from remnant smoke that originated from Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies and is moving to the east. Southern Manitoba/Southwest Ontario/E. North Dakota/N. Minnesota: An area of remnant light smoke is moving to the southeast across southern Manitoba/southwest Ontario and over eastern North Dakota and northern Minnesota. The likely source of this could be fires from the last several days that have burned through that region with the large fire across north/central Saskatchewan adding to this. Florida/Georgia: Remnant light smoke is seen across southeastern Georgia northern peninsula of Florida this morning. Source of smoke is believed to be from a large fire burning across southeastern Georgia. Morning satellite imagery also shows moderately-dense smoke plume extending south from the fire into northern Florida. 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