DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z August 27, 2011
Central Plains/Texas/Mid-West/Lower Mississippi Valley/Gulf Coast: A very large area of mostly light, remnant smoke could be seen extending from near western Nebraska southward to central and eastern Texas and then eastward through the lower Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast states and into the upper-mid-west. This continues to be remnant from the large and numerous fires that have continued to burn out west through Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon over the past several days. Near the Gulf coast states and through the northern portion of the Gulf of Mexico, not only is this is an area of remnant smoke from the fires out west, but also fires that have been burning through the lower-Mississippi Valley and especially a large fire burning just south of Lake Pontchartrain that has been producing quite a bit of smoke. Also, there could be some thin aerosols mixing in as well as some possible Saharan dust through portions of the northern Gulf of Mexico and into northern Florida. Montana/Wyoming/Western Dakotas: An area of light smoke could be seen in this morning's satellite imagery moving eastward through southern/central Montana and into northeast Wyoming and the western portion of the Dakotas. Another area of thin smoke could be seen through northwestern Montana. This is all left-over and some new smoke from the large fires that have been burning through western Montana and northern Wyoming. Western Oregon: An area of elongated light with some moderately dense smoke could be seen moving towards the northwest through portions of central and western Oregon this morning. This is mostly likely remnant smoke from the numerous fires that were burning yesterday in that region with some newer smoke from one fire in particular burning just south of Mount Hood National Forest. 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