DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z September 3, 2011
Central US/Great Lakes states: A large area of light to moderately dense remnant smoke is located over the Central Plains and the Great Lakes states. The northern edge of the smoke is most likely obscured by the cloud cover and frontal boundary in the Central Plains. To the south, TS Lee is creating a blanket of clouds which is also limiting smoke detection. This remnant smoke is likely from agricultural burns in the Lower Mississippi Valley and the wildfires in Oklahoma. Idaho: Numerous wildfires continued to burn throughout the overnight hours and into this morning. An aerosol, which is most likely remnant smoke, was visible in Boise, Valley and Custer Counties this morning. Florida/Georgia: Wildfires in Baker and Union Counties in Florida along with a wildfire in Ware County, Georgia produced produced smoke overnight and into this morning. Smoke from these fires is moving west/northwest, which is likely due to the low level circulation around TS Lee. Myrga 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