DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z August 10, 2011
Southern Plains: Two areas of thin remnant smoke could be seen over eastern New Mexico and west/northwest Texas today. Additional aerosol could be seen south of the west Texas smoke but its composition could not be determined. This remnant smoke is believed to be mostly from fires in southern New Mexico, which were seen producing new smoke this morning. East Coast: A large area of unknown aerosol could be seen off the East Coast of the Usfrom New England south to just north of the Bahamas as the aerosol stretched northeast along a frontal boundary. In addition, moderately dense to dense smoke from the Lateral West fire on the Virginia/North Carolina border could be seen streaming eastward from its origin mixing with the most dense part of the unknown aerosol plume east of the Carolinas. The smoke actively coming from this fire this morning had been directed due southward but started turning to the east by midday. Western/Central Canada/North Central US: A large area of aerosol believed to be thin remnant smoke from yesterday's fires in northern Alberta/southeast Northwest Territories stretched across northeast Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, much of Manitoba, and reached extreme southwest Ontario. A separate, more expansive area of aerosol extended from northern British Columbia southeastward across central Alberta, central to southeast Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba, North Dakota, Minnesota, and finally reached Wisconsin. Although it is not entirely certain of what this aerosol is made up of or where it came from, given the expanse it covers this aerosol could be remnant smoke from fires in Russia. Sheffler 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