DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0400Z October 22, 2010
Atlantic/Gulf Coasts: An elongated area of thin smoke and likely other mixed aerosols was picked up by the frontal boundary along the East Coast today and stretched from the NC coast to east of NJ. Another piece of the remnant smoke/aerosol mixture was present further southeast of NC stretching southwest to the eastern Florida coastline. More thin remnant smoke also covered the northeast and north central Gulf of Mexico. The bulk of this smoke is likely from the numerous fires over the southeastern US and along the Mississippi River Valley over the past several days. Northwestern US: A medium sized area of thin to moderate density smoke from the numerous fires in Oregon/Washington/Idaho yesterday and today covered northeast OR, east WA, north ID, and approached northwest MT. Another small patch of smoke was seen over northeast MT which may have come from ag fires in Saskatchewan today or yesterday. Central Oregon: A plume of blowing sand/dust originating from just east of Summer Lake in Lake County, OR could be seen in this evening's GOES-E imagery extending northeastward approximately 105 miles. 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