DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z August 11, 2011
Mid-Atlantic Coast: A large area of unknown aerosol remains off the East Coast of the US stretching from Florida/Southeast US coast northeastward along a stationary front over the western Atlantic. In addition, moderately dense to locally dense smoke could be seen this morning moving east off the North Carolina coast and south from the Lateral West fire that is along the NC/VA border. South Central Canada/Great Lakes Region: A large area of remnant smoke stretched from southern Alberta eastward across Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Ontario with parts of the plume covering portions of northeast Minnesota/Lake Superior/U.P. of Michigan. Additional small patches of smoke were present over w central and southeast Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Lake Michigan. This smoke probably came from a mixture of sources, with fires in southern Manitoba/south Saskatchewan/North Dakota/northwest Minnesota probably largely responsible for the smoke that moved east across the Midwest/Great Lakes while the plume across southern Canada likely originated from the fires near Great Slave Lake and in northern Alberta over the past few days. Aerosol was also present east of the remnant smoke over Ontario stretching north to Hudson Bay although it had a slightly different look than the smoke and its composition could not be determined. Idaho/Montana/Washington/British Columbia: A small patch of thin smoke was seen portions of several Pacific Northwest states and extreme southeast British Columbia. This remnant smoke is likely from fires in Oregon and Washington yesterday. Northwest Territories: A small area of thin smoke was present southeast of Great Slave Lake, likely from the fires that have been burning around the east end of the lake for the past several days. 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