DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z September 6, 2013
Southeast Canada/Mississippi Valley/Southern Plains: Light remnant smoke was seen stretching from the Upper Mississippi Valley/Manitoba/Ontario southward into Texas. A small portion of the smoke, strictly located in southeast Canada, is moving eastward. The majority of the light remnant smoke, located in the US, can be attributed to the numerous agricultural burns in the Mississippi Valley yesterday. In addition, two small areas of moderately dense smoke were detected. The first of which was located in Wisconsin/Indiana/Illinois moving southeastward and could possibly be attributed to remnant smoke from the Rim wildfire in California that has worked its way over the surface ridge as well as smoke from agricultural burns. The second area of moderately dense remnant smoke was located in southeast Texas moving westward and is likely due to the large fire in southwest Louisiana. Vogt 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