DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z September 28, 2011
Quebec/Ontario/Western Great Lakes/Mid West Another large and elongated area of remnant smoke can be seen in satellite imagery. This smoke stretches from the southern part of the Hudson Bay into central Ontario then southward through Minnesota/Wisconsin then into the central and southern Mississippi Valley region. This smoke is getting wrapped into the upper level low pressure system that is currently spinning over southern Lake Michigan. Some of the smoke may have made it's way further east but can not be seen due to extensive cloud cover. This is all remnant from the large wildfires and some agricultural burns that have been seen through Montana/Wyoming/Idaho/Pac NW. Central and Southern Plains into northern Louisiana: A thin area of smoke seen from southern Nebraska stretching southward into northeastern Texas and northern Louisiana could be seen in this morning's satellite imagery. This is most likely remnant smoke from large fires out west and the numerous agricultural burns seen throughout the northern plains and southern Saskatchewan/Manitoba. Eastern Wyoming/Western Nebraska/Northeastern Colorado: An area of light and moderately dense smoke was seen moving towards the southeast through eastern Wyoming and into western Nebraska and eastern portions of Colorado this morning and early afternoon. This area of smoke is likely from the large wildfires that continue to burn through northwestern Wyoming. Belge 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