DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z September 12 2011
Great Lakes Region/Southern Ontario: Area of light to moderately-dense smoke is seen across portions of northern Indiana/northern Illinois, eastern Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and southern Ontario. It is drifting toward the east. Thick cloud cover across much of central Great Lakes is inhibiting the ability to identify the full extent of remnant smoke. Area of smoke is from a combination of Pacific Northwest fires, Pagami Creek fire in northeastern Minnesota and fires across southeastern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba provinces. Northern Rockies/Northern Plains: Area of remnant thin smoke is seen stretched west to east from Idaho/Montana to across South Dakota/southwestern Minnesota this morning. Embedded area of moderately-dense smoke can be seen near the leading edge across eastern South Dakota/southwestern Minnesota. 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