Saturday, September 8, 2012

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

 


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.