DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z August 25, 2011
Montana/Wyoming through Northern/Central Plains to Midwest region: Large area of remnant smoke plume extends from southeastern Saskatchewan southward into southwest Texas and portions of northeastern Mexico. Plume is seen extending as far east to central Kentucky, western Tennessee and northern Mississippi. However since GOES WEST satellite does not allow for viewing any further east and sun angle is not ideal for thin smoke detection using GOES East it is likely that light smoke extends across portions of southeast U.S. but cannot be seen in morning satellite imagery. Source of smoke plume is mostly from several wildfires that have been burning for days across Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. Mid-Atlantic to New England: Lightly-dense remnant smoke can be seen ahead of a frontal boundary that is pushing eastward across Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S. this morning. Source from this smoke is combination of smoke from northern Rocky Mountain wildfires fires and the Lateral West wildfire located in southeastern Virginia. Warren 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