DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z September 2, 2013
Western and Central US: Smoke from the fires in the West, mainly the Rim fire in California, and fires in Idaho. Montana and Wyoming, were spreading smoke across most of the northern Great Basin and northern Rockies and into the west central Plains over western Nebraska, western Kansas, eastern Colorado and the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. The areas of most dense smoke were seen from the Rim fire in the central Sierras north and northeastward across northeast California and northwest Nevada, eastern Oregon, much of Idaho, western Montana and northern Wyoming. Ohio Valley/Great Lakes Region: An area of light remnant smoke from the western fires was mixing with haze over portion of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohi and southern Michigan. Mid Atlantic coast: An area of aerosol was seen off the coasts of New Jersey, the Delmarva and North Carolina. While there may be some remnant smoke in this area, model forecasts suggest this is mainly sulfates contributing to haze pollution. Lower Mississippi River Valley Numerous agricultural burns are collectively producing a localized smoke plumes over parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Northern Gulf of Mexico/Coastal Mississippi River Valley/Texas An unknown aerosol continued to be observed this evening in the northern Gulf of Mexico from southeast Louisiana to the Florida panhandle and also over east Texas. Aerosol models suggest it to be sulfates and haze, though it could be partially comprised of remnant smoke as well. Dust: An area of light dust was detected in the Atlantic north of the Bahamas and east of the Georgia and north Florida coast. This is dust this has been transported across the Atlantic from the Sahara. Ruminski 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