DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1845Z September 26, 2009
Updated...For Southeastern Canada/Maine Western and Central U.S./Southern Canada: A very large area of mainly thin smoke was visible this morning across portions of the Southwest, the central Rockies, the central and northern Plains, and southern Canada from Alberta Province to southern Hudson Bay. This smoke was leftover from a number of fires burning in the western U.S. as well as southern British Columbia Province in southwestern Canada. The largest smoke producing fires appeared to be in northwestern Wyoming, southwestern and northeastern Oregon, south central Washington, and southern British Columbia. Another much smaller detached patch of leftover smoke was observed moving eastward across northeastern Oregon and central Idaho. Southeastern Canada/Maine: Morning visible satellite imagery this morning showed an aerosol extending from southeastern Quebec Province in southeastern Canada across Maine and offshore. It is possible that this aerosol is composed mainly of detached smoke also from the western U.S. and southwestern Canada fires. JS More information on the areas of smoke described above as well as others can be found at the locations listed below. 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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/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