DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z September 8, 2012
Northwestern US: Two areas of light to moderately dense smoke were visible this morning lifting mostly northward through the Pacific Northwest into southwest Canada. These areas of remnant smoke originated from wildfires in both northern California and in Idaho, with the denser smoke over Idaho/Montana. Central Plains/Ohio Valley/Great Lakes Region: A thin swath of light remnant smoke was present across the South-Central Plains, Ohio Valley, and Great Lakes region. This smoke, possibly remnants of agricultural fires in the northern plains or from wildfires out west, was stretched out behind the surface cold front and was dropping mainly southward. Alberta/Saskatchewan: A small patch of light remnant smoke, likely from wildfires in extreme northeast British Columbia, was visible across northeast Alberta/Saskatchewan moving southeastward. -Vogt- 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