DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z August 27, 2011
Pacific Northwest/Northern Rockies to the Great Lakes States and Southern Ontario and Southwestern Quebec: A large area of thin to locally moderately dense smoke was analyzed from the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies and extending east to the central and Northern Plains, Great Lakes States and into portions of southwest Quebec. Additionally, it appeared as though the smoke extended south into portions of the Southern Plains and into Texas and New Mexico. It is believed that the source for the majority of this area of smoke is the numerous wildfires currently occurring over the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies. Gulf Coast States to Texas: A large area of mostly thin aerosol was located along the Gulf Coast States from Georgia and extending towards Texas. The source for this area of aerosol is believed to be a combination of the fires in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies, a number fires that have occurred the last several days over the southern Mississippi Valley and also possibly an area of remnant Saharan Dust. Hanna 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