DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1815Z September 21, 2014
SMOKE: South-central US: An area of thin smoke extends from the Texas coast northward across portions of Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas and then northeastward along a frontal boundary crossing southern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southwest Indiana. While some of the smoke further north could have come from the King wildfire in CA, much of the smoke is thought to be from fires in east Texas and along the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Western U.S: An area of thin smoke with small pockets of moderately dense smoke was visible over northwest Oregon, Washington, and far southern British Columbia. This smoke is likely associated with the King wildfire located east of Sacramento, CA and also with wildfires appearing in Oregon yesterday. Smaller wildfires in north central Idaho and northeastern Oregon also likely contributed to small areas of thin smoke near those areas. Sheffler 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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