DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z June 11, 2012
Central and Southern Plain/Mississippi Valley: A very large and extensive area of remnant smoke continues to be seen this morning/afternoon through a large section of the Plains stretching from Nebraska south to the Mexico border and east into the Mississippi Valley from Minnesota south through western Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and southern sections of Louisiana. A large strip of moderately dense smoke extends across central Nebraska into west central Iowa. Another area of moderately dense to dense area of smoke stretches overs parts of the Texas Panhandle and into western Oklahoma. The remnant smoke is from numerous fires burning across parts of Northern Mexico, wildfires in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Great Lakes/Ontario and Quebec: A large area of light remnant smoke can be seen stretching north from the Great Lakes region into eastern Canada. The smoke continues to move north and is most likely from the wildfires mentioned above. J Kibler 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