Saturday, October 22, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z October 23, 2011

Northern Gulf of Mexico:
An area of remnant smoke mixed with some new smoke covers the northern
Gulf of Mexico as it streamed southward off the coast. Large amounts
of agricultural burning over the past several days in the Southeast US
and along the Lower Mississippi River Valley produced the bulk of this
smoke. Additionally, a large fire that is continuing to burn tonight in
eastern Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana is likely responsible for
a plume of moderate to heavy dense smoke that extended southward over
the western Gulf.


Belge

Earlier Today:
Great Lakes Region:
An area of aerosol believed to be thin smoke was present over portions of
Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Wiscosin, and the U.P. Of Michigan. This
thin smoke was being swept eastward by a frontal boundary. The smoke
probably originated from the numerous ag fires that were burning
yesterday over the North Dakota, northwest Minnesota, southern Manitoba,
and southern Saskatchewan.

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.