DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z September 30, 2016

SMOKE:
California:
The fire named Loma in west central California continues to produce
light to moderate density smoke to the east. An area of light density
remnant smoke was seen in Central Valley California spanning northeast
into Nevada and southeast Oregon.

Lower Mississippi River Valley:
Numerous agricultural and prescribed burns were producing light density
smoke which was traveling to the southwest. Clouds obscured the production
of smoke in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas.

Central to Eastern Canada:
Sizable areas of thin density remnant smoke which are believed to be long
range transport from fires in Russia were seen over northern Alberta,
southeastern portions of the Northwest Territories, northern Saskatchewan,
and over Hudson Bay moving east across the northern part of Quebec.

UNKNOWN AEROSOL:
Gulf Of Mexico/Southeast US:
An unknown aerosol was seen spanning from south Texas through the
northern Gulf of Mexico into the US Southeast. This aerosol is seen
moving south behind a cold front in the northern Gulf of Mexico and to
the east/northeast in the US southeast.  This aerosol is likely composed
of sulfates and light density remnant smoke from agricultural fires in
the Lower Mississippi River Valley.

-Cronin

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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.