DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z September 6, 2011
Northwest US/northern US Rockies: Fires continue to burn in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana which are collectively responsible for remnant smoke in the entire Northwest US and northern US Rockies. Thin to moderately dense smoke is observed over much of Washington and Oregon, northern Idaho, much of Montana, northern Wyoming, the western Dakotas, and the far southern portions of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Given the westerly flow, the smoke is most dense over Montana and northeast Wyoming though there are dense patches of smoke observed near the sources of the larger fires in northern Oregon and northwestern Washington. Texas/Oklahoma: Multiple wildfires in the eastern half of Texas are producing an expansive area of moderate to extremely dense smoke. Smoke is being emitted in the southward direction and stretches from the Oklahoma border south over all of eastern Texas and over portions of the far western Gulf of Mexico. Additionally there are two large fires in southern Oklahoma and two large fires in central Arkansas that are partially contributing to the area of remnant smoke, but in general their plumes are independent of the larger smoke mass, but are also moving in the southward direction and are emitting moderate to dense smoke. California: A large wildfire in south central California is emitting very dense smoke in the northeast direction. Heavy cloud cover allows the smoke to be detected extending as far as southern Nevada. Ramirez 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