DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z August 30, 2013
Western US/Central US: A large area of light to moderate density smoke is visible though much of the western and central US. Due to wildfires in the west (predominately the Rim wildfire in California) smoke continues to overwhelm most of the nation. The moderate smoke is concentrated in Nevada, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Light density smoke is visible connected to the areas of moderate density smoke in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, and Arkansas. Great Lakes/Central Canada: An area of light density smoke is visible over parts of the Midwest that include the Iowa/Minnesota border, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, western Ohio, Michigan, and Lake Michigan. Due to the large amount of cloud cover in these areas,at sunrise, it is difficult to determine the exact concentration and extent of smoke that is present. However due to the amount of smoke emitting from the Rim wildfire over the last week, there is most likely light density smoke looming over Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. Texas: A large area of light density smoke is visible from the many agricultural fires that have been burning in the Lower Mississippi River area recently. The smoke is currently concentrated in eastern and central Texas, eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana continuing offshore into the Gulf of Mexico. Oegerle THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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