DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1415Z May 10, 2012
Northern Plains: Elongated thinly dense remnant smoke plume seen in morning satellite imagery drifting east and south over southwestern North Dakota, western to south-central South Dakota and north-central Nebraska. Smoke believed to have originated from a fire that was seen burning across southeastern Montana yesterday. Northern Plains/Mid-Mississippi River Valley: Rather large area of unknown aerosol is seen over much of the Northern Plains and extending south and east over the Mid-Mississippi River Valley. Continuity from previous analysis and output from Navy Research Lab aerosol forecast suggests that aerosol is most likely dust from Asia. Northwest U.S.: An elongated area of unknown aerosol is seen stretched out across north-central Washington then over northeast Oregon and then curves back south and west across northern California. Aerosol appears to be yet another surge of dust from Asia that tracked across the Pacific. Warren 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