DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z September 21, 2010
Central/Southeastern US: A large area of light smoke was identified through the central US. This is likely remnant smoke from previous days fires through the Mississippi Valley. The smoke extends from southern Illinois and Indiana, through eastern Arkansas, Missouri central Kentucky and Tennessee into Mississippi, Alabama and western Georgia. Once in Georgia, it is believed to be more a mix of aerosols which extend north through the Carolinas and into central Virgina; however, there may still be smoke mixed in through this area. Utah/Midwest: The Twitchell Canyon fire continues to generate moderately dense to dense smoke. Light smoke extends from the point source at the border of Beaver, Sevier and Millard counties in Utah, through Colorado and southern Wyoming into northern Kansas, the majority of Nebraska and southern South Dakota. There are isolated patches of moderately dense smoke near the point source in Utah and in Colorada. -Salemi 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