Wednesday, October 26, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z October 27, 2011

Southwestern US/Northwestern Mexico:
An area of mainly thin density blowing dust was visible moving to
the southeast during the afternoon and early evening across interior
southeastern California, southwestern Arizona, northwestern Mexico,
and the Gulf of California. A moderately dense plume of blowing dust
was observed emanating from a point source in eastern La Paz County of
southwestern Arizona. This particular dust plume moved to the southeast,
passing to the south of the Phoenix metro area prior to sunset.

Southeastern US:
Numerous fires producing visible smoke in satellite imagery were analyzed
from Louisiana eastward to the Carolinas and far southern Virginia. Most
of the smoke moved to the north or northeast during the day.

South Central Canada:
Many fires were detected particularly over south central Saskatchewan
during the day, but very little smoke was visible in satellite imagery.

Northwestern US/Southwestern Canada:
Quite a few fires were evident especially over northern Idaho,
northwestern Montana, and southern British Columbia. However, cloudiness
moving across the region interfered with smoke detection in satellite
imagery.

JS


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.