Saturday, August 20, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z August 21, 2011

Central US:
A thin ribbon of light to moderately dense smoke extends from eastern
Montana diagonally through South Dakota to the Nebraska border.  This is
likely remnant smoke from the previous days fires in Montana and Idaho.

Montana/Idaho:
Fires in northern Idaho and western Montana continue to emit large
amounts of light to moderately dense smoke.

Earlier:
Gulf of Mexico:
Area of aerosols with some light remnant smoke likely mixed in remains
along the Gulf of Mexico Coast from Texas to the western Florida
panhandle.  The inland smoke and aerosol mix covers eastern Oklahoma and
Texas as well as Louisiana and much of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
and southern South Carolina.

Montana/Wyoming/Dakotas:
A 20-40 mile wide stripe of light to dense smoke from a fire in central
Idaho now stretches from central Montana  to extreme northeast Wyoming
and northwest South Dakota.  The smoke has moved across the mountains
overnight and continues to move to the east.

Liddick


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.