DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z September 26, 2011
Canada/Northern US Plains: Several smoke producing wildfires from yesterday and days prior that are located in northwestern Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho have created an extensive area of thin density remnant smoke that is visible in satellite imagery this morning. Light density detached smoke is observed from northern Manitoba down through central Saskatchewan and into the far western Dakotas and eastern Montana/Wyoming as far south as northeast Colorado. Embedded within the thin density area are bands of moderate to heavy smoke that are seen extending from central Manitoba and southeast Saskatchewan south along the Montana-North Dakota border. The higher smoke density areas have generally progressed in the northeast direction towards and into Canada, specifically Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Ramirez 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