DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z September 25, 2014
Currently: SMOKE Northern Idaho/Central Canada Wildfires burning in northern/central Idaho and western Montana are emitting light to moderately dense smoke north across the region (Montana/Idaho) and into southern sections of southeast British Columbia and southwest Alberta. Residual smoke continues to spread across central Canada with smoke now moving into parts of eastern Manitoba and western Ontario. Central/Southern Canada/Mississippi Valley: Numerous fires across the region are producing mostly light smoke and combining with residual smoke from burnings the day before. Smoke can be currently seen across Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. DUST: Central California: An area of blowing dust/sand can be seen moving south across the central San Joaquin Valley with the southern tip of the blowing dust/sand reaching the southern sections of the valley. J Kibler Earlier Today: SMOKE Northwest US to Central Canada: Areas of thin to moderately dense smoke could be seen this morning over portions of southwest and northern Idaho, southern Alberta, southern and northeast Saskatchewan, and western Manitoba. Numerous fires the last few days in north Idaho and the King Fire in California are believed to be the origin of most of this remnant smoke. Central/South Central US: Numerous agricultural burns over the last 1-2 days has caused an area of thin smoke that stretches from east Texas north to Kansas and northeastward to Illinois/Missouri. Most of the burning has taken place along the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Southeast Canada: An unknown aerosol was seen over southern parts of Ontario and Quebec. 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