DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z August 178, 2011
Mid-Atlantic: The Lateral West fire has been generating moderately dense to dense smoke throughout the day and is moving westward into south/central Virginia and northeast NC. Florida Panhandle/Northern Gulf of Mexico: A couple of rather large fires along the panhandle of Florida have been producing light to moderately dense smoke which is moving to the south into the northern Gulf of Mexico. This smoke is mixing with lighter, remnant smoke just off the Florida Panhandle to along the Louisiana coast and near the northeast Texas coastline. Northern Plains: A couple of fires through northern Minnesota and extreme southern Manitoba and Ontario are creating very elongated smoke plumes that are extending well eastward from their point source this evening. Central South Dakota: An area of light, remnant smoke could be seen moving eastward through western and central South Dakota this evening. This is most likely smoke left over from the Ray may Fire in Nevada as well as the many other numerous fires that have been burning out west over the previous days. Eastern Washington/Northern Idaho/Western Montana: Numerous fires through central and western Washington as well as through northern Idaho have created a larger area of smoke moving eastward. Some embedded moderately dense smoke can be seen through northeastern Idaho. Another large fire see in Flathead National Forest in northwestern Montana is creating a very large and dense smoke plume extending well over 300 miles to the east. Nevada/Southern Idaho/western Wyoming: The Ray May Fire along the Nevada/California border continues to produce a very large area of moderately dense to dense smoke which is moving the the northeast. This area of smoke extends into parts of southern and central Idaho and then further northeastward into portions of western Wyoming this evening. -Belge 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