DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z September 6, 2011
Northwest US/northern US Rockies: Two distinct areas of thin to moderately-dense remnant smoke can be seen across the northwest U.S. in this morning's satellite imagery from GOES-West. The larger area is located across eastern and southern Montana and over southern Idaho. This area of remnant smoke is from several large fires that continue to burn across Idaho and western Montana. Second area is mostly stretched across portions of northern Oregon and southeastern Washington. This second area of remnant smoke is due to fires burning across Oregon. South Dakota/Nebraska: Thin remnant smoke can be seen across portions of south-central South Dakota and north-central Nebraska ahead of cloud shield from weather system located across central Rockies. Origin of smoke is from wildfires burning across Northwest US/northern US Rockies. Texas: Remnant smoke and new smoke plumes are seen across portions of eastern Texas this morning due to multiple wildfires in the eastern half of Texas. Area of smoke is moderately dense and is tracking in a southward direction. Warren 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