DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z April 9, 2016
SMOKE: Central US: Another day of concentrated seasonal fires across east central and southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma resulted in a batch of thin to moderately dense smoke which moved to the southeast reaching southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas just prior to sunset. Northwestern US: Scattered seasonal fires were also detected over northeastern Oregon, southeastern Washington, Idaho, and western Montana with a number of smoke plumes visible in satellite imagery. A few of these plumes were moderately dense to thick especially over eastern Idaho and western Montana. DUST: Northwestern US: A southwest to northeast elongated swath of aerosol was seen during the late afternoon and evening with the favorable lower sun angle moving to the east across the area stretching from northwestern Oregon and western Washington over northern Idaho and far northwestern Montana. The aerosol also extended farther to the north into southern British Columbia and southern Alberta in southwestern Canada. Information from aerosol/dust models indicate the aerosol is most likely mainly dust which has been transported across the Pacific from Asia. JS 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