DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z September 10 2011
Western Gulf of Mexico: A broad area of light, remnant smoke remains in the western Gulf of Mexico this morning. It is likely this smoke is from the numerous wildfires in Texas and addition to the agricultural fires in the Mississippi River Valley. The southern extent of this smoke is near the circulation of TS Nate in the Gulf. Minnesota: The Pagami Creek wildfire continued to produce smoke overnight and this morning. Within the past 24 hours, the winds shifted to the south and moderately dense smoke is crossing the international border into Canada. Pacific NW/Southern Canada: A large area of light remnant smoke from the numerous wildfires in Idaho and Montana extends from Oregon to southern Canada. These large wildfires produced locally dense smoke overnight. Along with the fires in Idaho and Montana, wildfires along the Cascades produced westward moving smoke which moved into the Pacific Ocean. Central Plains: A ribbon of smoke was visible this morning extending from northern Wisconsin to north-central Kansas. It is likely this smoke is from the wildfire south of Reindeer Lake in Canada along with the wildfires in the Pacific NW. A mid to upper level high pressure system is helping to guide this smoke. Another ribbon of light smoke in Oklahoma and Arkansas appears to have dissipated by 17Z. Georgia/Florida: Locally dense smoke was visible this morning in Ware County, Georgia and Baker County, Florida from wildfires in the area. Ontario: Remnant smoke from the wildfire near Reindeer Lake moved across extreme northwestern Ontario towards James Bay this morning. 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