DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1702Z August 30, 2011
Eastern US: A large area of light smoke covers the east coast from southern Virginia south along the coast into northern Florida. From Florida, it continues west into the Gulf of Mexico, reaching the Texas coastline. The smoke is likely remnant smoke from the continued fires in the northwest mixed with agricultural burns in the lower Mississippi Valley as well as fires currently producing smoke in southern Georgia and the Florida panhandle. Northwest US: Numerous fires in north-central Oregon and south-central Washington State are continuing to generate light to dense smoke now extends across the northern half of Idaho and into western Montana. The smoke continues to move northeast towards Alberta and Saskatchewan. Arizona: Area of light to dense smoke covers much of western and northwestern Arizona. The smoke is likely remnant from fires in southern California and the Baja that produced smoke last evening. 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