Thursday, October 6, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1815Z October 6, 2011

North Central US/South Central Canada:
A large area of thin smoke covered most of Manitoba, Ontario, southwest
Hudson Bay, and the Great Lakes region this morning. Thin remnant
smoke was also present stretching southward through the north central
US along the Minnesota/Dakota border to northwest Iowa with other small
patches over Wisconsin, northwest Illinois, and northern Missouri. This
smoke has originated from numerous fires in the north central US and
south central Canada and was moving north and northeast across southern
Canada. Additional smoke from a large amount of ag fires in the lower
Mississippi River Valley has likely also contributed as it has moved
northward.

British Columbia:
Thin remnant smoke could be seen over south and central British Columbia
trapped between the Rockies and the Coastal Range. Numerous fires burning
in the center of the province are responsible for this remnant smoke
and some were producing new smoke this morning.

Northeast US:
An unknown aerosol could be seen streaming southeastward off the coast
the Northeastern US today behind a frontal boundary now out over the
Atlantic. The aerosol appeared to be moving southeastward from eastern
Canada.

Sheffler

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.