DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z September 22, 2011
Southern Plains to Great Lakes Region: Patches of aerosol were seen this morning over eastern Texas, southeast Oklahoma, and southwest Arkansas. This aerosol is believed to be a mixture of remnant smoke from fires in northwest Texas, elevated dust particles, and other unknown aerosols. Other aerosols of unknown composition that have been transported across the country by the system over the Great Lakes, were seen over portions of the Ohio Valley, Michigan, and southern Lake Huron. Northwest Canada: An unknown aerosol could be seen in morning visible GOES imagery moving eastward across the Northwest Territories and extreme northern Alberta. This is the same aerosol that was seen over northwest Canada yesterday. Sheffler 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