DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z September 24, 2010
Lower and Middle Mississippi Valley: A tremendous number of what were believed to be mostly agricultural fires were detected across the Lower and Middle Mississippi Valley region from northeastern Louisiana to southeastern Missouri. Many smoke plumes were also seen in visible satellite imagery during the afternoon and early evening which moved to the north and combined to form a larger mass of thin density smoke. South Central Oregon and Eastern Idaho: Swaths of blowing dust were visible late this afternoon moving to the northeast from point sources located in Jefferson County of southeastern Idaho as well as Lake County of south central Oregon. The blowing dust originating from Lake County in south central Oregon also combined with smoke plumes from fires farther to the southwest in southern Oregon and northern California. For graphical information on other smoke plumes analyzed today, please refer to the web pages below. JS 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