DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z September 19, 2011
Arizona: A wildfire in Gila County, AZ is producing areas of localized, light smoke. Gulf of California: An aerosol, which is believed to be smoke, moved southward through the Gulf of California this evening. A possible point source is located in Sonora near Puerto Libertad. Florida: A small area of light smoke was detected extending from northern Florida into Apalachee Bay. The source of the smoke is likely the ongoing fire in/near the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia. An extensive area of cloudiness over the entire Mississippi Valley and over much of the Southeast US are hindering smoke detection, especially any smoke that may have emanated from the Pagami Creek fire in northeast Minnesota. Ruminski/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