DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z April 18, 2010
Northern Plains through Ohio and Tennessee Valleys and Mid-Atlantic: An elongated plume of aerosols mixed with remnant light smoke was seen in this morning's visible satellite imagery from northern Manitoba southeastward into the mid-west and mid-Atlantic states. Again, the origin and general composition of this plume is unknown but is likely to contain smoke at this point from the fires that have been burning the past few days across the northern Great Plains and southern Canada. There is an narrow swath of a more moderate type of plume from northern Wisconsin through southern Indiana which is likely to be enhanced from last night's fires just north of that region. Southeast US and Gulf Sates: Light, remnant smoke could be seen across areas of the southeast and into the northern Gulf of Mexico this morning. The origin of this plume is most likely from fires that have burned across the southeast the past few days as well as from the fires seen across the eastern Tennessee Valley. Western Kansas: An area of mostly light smoke was located across the western part of Kansas this morning. With southeasterly surface winds there this morning, this smoke was most likely from the numerous fires that were seen last night through the eastern part of the state as well as in Missouri. There could even be more moderate smoke through the area but with clouds over the region it makes it difficult to detect. -Belge 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