Tuesday, September 13, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z September 14 2011

Northeast/Eastern Canada:
Area of remnant thin smoke is seen in visible satellite imagery today
that moved across northeast Pennsylvania and central New York into eastern
Maine.  Another detached area can be seen over New Brunswick and the Gulf
of St Lawrence.  Smoke is likely a mix of large wildfire burning across
northeastern Minnesota, fires in Manitoba/Ontario and Pacific Northwest.

Northwest US/Northern Plains/Great Lakes Region:
A rather large, elongated area of thin to medium dense smoke seen
stretching from Michigan/Ohio/Indiana back west across Northern Plains
to Montana/Wyoming/Idaho/Oregon.  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 continues to spread
east-southeast across eastern Minnesota/Wisconsin and over Lake Superior.

Florida/Georgia:
Remnant light smoke is seen across southeastern Georgia and the northern
peninsula of Florida and into the Gulf of Mexico.  Source of smoke is
believed to be from a large fire burning across southeastern Georgia.


Liddick



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.