DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST/SO2 OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY
A thin ribbon of haze can be seen extending from SE Nebraska, stretching into C Iowa, S Wisconsin, N and C Michigan, across the Great Lakes and extending into S Ontario and Quebec. This area of haze is moving to the east NE and is likely aerosols (SO2) from the eruption of the Redoubt volcano. For more information on the SO2 refer to: http://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/OMI/OMISO2/index.html The event is best viewed in the Current OMI SO2 Composites – Northern Hemisphere. Across the rest of the US, no significant smoke or blowing dust was observed in satellite imagery. Widespread cloudiness covered large portions of the country which inhibited smoke detection. -J Kibler THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov