Tuesday, August 16, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z August 16, 2011

Western Ontario:
Large fires in far western Ontario are still burning as indicated by IR
imagery this morning. Heavy cloud cover has prevented the detection of
any smoke associated with the blazes.

Mid Atlantic coast:
The Lateral West fire in the Great Dismal Swamp along the border
of Virginia and North Carolina continues to burn and is producing
an elongated area of smoke that is traveling southeast over the far
northeast corner of North Carolina and then east out over the western
Atlantic. The plume appears to be very dense near the source of the fire
and thins out to a moderate density before reaching the ocean.

Idaho:
Patches of thin to moderately dense smoke are present across southern
Idaho this morning from several fires scattered throughout the southwest
corner of the state. Currently the majority of the smoke is being produced
by one large wildfire and the remnant plume is moving in the northwest
direction, but not quite reaching the Oregon border.

Louisiana Coast:
An area of unknown aerosol mixed with thin clouds and a minimal
contribution of smoke is observed in the Gulf of Mexico south of
Louisiana. The aerosol is moving around a high pressure system located
offshore east of the Texas coast.

Ramirez


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.