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