DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0500Z October 8, 2011
South Central and Southeast Canada/Northern Great Lakes/Northeast US: Remnant smoke, from fires in southern Manitoba/North Dakota/Western Ontario, could be seen this evening across southern Hudson Bay, parts of Ontario and Quebec, over Lake Huron, and stretching from northwest PA northward across Lake Ontario into Canada. Smoke also was present over central Manitoba, western Ontario, and eastern North Dakota. It is likely that a majority of this smoke is originating from the Long Lake fire near Nopiming Provincial Park and the fire burning near Fisher Branch, Manitoba. Numerous other wildfires broke out today across portions of southeast Manitoba and northern Minnesota where high winds and very dry conditions were prevalent. Texas/New Mexico: Blowing dust could be seen this evening across the Texas panhandle, west Texas, southeast and south central New Mexico, and the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. The dust was generally moving north and northeast. 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