Thursday, June 30, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z June 30, 2011

Central United States:
A broad area of light to moderate dense smoke primarily from two wildfires
burning in New Mexico covered most of the central United States this
morning.   The smoke appears to be rotating around a mid-level high
pressure system centered over Missouri and Arkansas.  The smoke travels
north through Colorado, Nebraska and the Dakotas before it heads south
down the Mississippi River Valley.   Remnant smoke is then seen across
the northern Gulf of Mexico heading west into Texas.   Some areas of
dense smoke were viewed this morning over central Texas as well.

Carolina Coast/Atlantic Ocean:
The Juniper Road fire in Pender County, NC continues to emit dense smoke
this morning.   The smoke plumes are generally moving offshore and away
from land; however, some heavy smoke is lingering near coastal areas.

Alabama/Gulf of Mexico:
The Possum Road fire in Baldwin County, AL produced dense smoke this
morning.  Most of this smoke moved away from land and into the Gulf
of Mexico.

Cloud cover across much of Canada and Alaska made smoke detection
difficult this morning.

Myrga


THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT
AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME
DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE
FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST
ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF
THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO
THE SOURCE FIRE 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
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.