DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0225Z September 16, 2010
Central Rockies to Central Plains: An area of detached thin to moderately dense smoke was visible this evening moving to the east across central Iowa, eastern Nebraska and north central Kansas. The smoke was believed to be mainly from a fire located near the border of Beaver, Piute, and Sevier counties of south central Utah. Carolinas into Atlantic Ocean: An area of unknown aerosols was evident on evening satellite imagery over mostly South Carolina and portions of southern North Carolina and extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It is possible that some remnant smoke from fires over the Southeast US is mixed in with this area of aerosols. Alaska: Several wildfires over eastern Alaska were combining to produce a moderately dense smoke plume over mostly eastern Alaska. Hanna 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