DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z October 5, 2010
Central/Northern Plains: A narrow area of mostly light smoke was seen across the central and northern Great Plains this morning from the Oklahoma Panhandle northward into North Dakota. More moderate smoke was seen moving eastward through North Dakota and into Minnesota. This is continued remnant smoke from fires in the western US. Arkansas/Northern TX/KS: An area of light smoke was seen into western Arkansas and northern portions of Texas and Louisiana in this morning's satellite imagery. This area of smoke is from the numerous fires that have continued to burn along the Mississippi Valley. Manitoba/Ontario: An area of possible light smoke along the frontal boundary in central Manitoba stretching eastward through south/central Ontario can be seen in the visible satellite imagery. This could be lingering smoke that made its way around the upper level ridge but no obvious source point can be defined at this time. 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