DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1515Z September 7, 2011
Northwest US/Northern Rockies/Northern and Central Great Basin/Central and Northern Plains/Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley: The wildfires burning across, northern/western Oregon, central Idaho and western Montana have produced a large area of residual smoke stretching from eastern Washington state and reaching sections of southern Michigan and a large part of Illinois. Heaviest smoke stretches across a large portion of central Idaho and a narrow plumes stretches from southeast Montana into western/central South Dakota. Moderately dense smoke extends over western/southern Montana, northern Wyoming, southwest North Dakota, a large area of South Dakota (not NE sections of the state) into northeast Nebraska, central sections of Iowa and reaching western Illinois. The light smoke extends as far south as southern Illinois and as far east as border Illinois/Indiana. Minnesota/Wisconsin/Great Lakes/Southern Canada: Residual smoke from fires burning in southern Manitoba, northern North Dakota/Minnesota can be seen moving east northeast across parts of northern Wisconsin and into southern Ontario reaching the Quebec border. Texas: An area of residual and new smoke is stretching across a large portion of eastern Texas and extending into the northwest Gulf of Mexico and parts of northeast Mexico. These wildfires are continuing to produce new thick smoke. Currently the Bastrop County Complex is producing moderate smoke based on early GOES-13/11 satellite imagery. The fires producing the heaviest smoke are located in the northeast section of the state. J Kibler 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