DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z September 6, 2010
Southeast Canada: An area of thin aerosol of unknown composition and origin was lifting northeast across coastal Nova Scotia and southeast Newfoundland this evening. Idaho/Northwest Utah: The area of blowing dust originating in eastern Butte county Idaho continued to be seen throughout the day and was still present this evening. This area of dust is stretched to nearly 120 miles today reaching into Madison and Gallatin counties in southwest Montana. Southeastward moving cloud cover has obscured the plume of blowing dust though since just after 2300Z. Another area thinner blowing dust can be seen originating in Owyhee and Twin Falls counties in southwest Idaho extending east and southeast. Some of this dust may have been transported into northwest Utah as an aerosol can be seen moving across the Great Salt Lake this evening. Or the high winds associated with passage of a cold front across Utah may have picked up additional blowing dust or salt from the deserts west of the lake, given that some type of aerosol is seen spreading south of the Bonneville Salt Flats. Lower Mississippi River Valley: Numerous agricultural fires burning along the Mississippi River in Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee were producing a plethora of smoke plumes. This smoke was gradually being lifted north and northwestward. Sheffler 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