DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z August 25, 2011
Montana/Wyoming through Northern/Central Plains to Midwest and Mid-Atlantic region: An very large and expansive area of remnant and some new smoke can be seen this evening from central Montana/Wyoming southeastward into the central Plains and then into the Mid-West/Great Lakes region and finally stretching as far as the Mid-Atlantic states into Maryland/Virginia and the Carolinas. This smoke is mostly moderately dense with some very dense patches near the source points and through the central Plains states and into northern Texas. The source points of this large area of smoke are the large and numerous wildfires through Montana, Wyoming and northern Idaho that have continued to burn over the past several days. Gulf Coast: An area of aerosol mixed with smoke from today's fires through the southeastern U.S. and the Florida Panhandle could be seen from the southeastern Louisiana coast eastward to just off the coast of western Florida. Southeast Coast/Eastern Florida: Continue to see an area of what is believed to be Saharan dust along the north and west side of Hurricane Irene in this evening's satellite imagery. The dust was just starting to approach the coastline of eastern Florida near sunset. 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