DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z September 9, 2012
Pacific Northwest/North Central US/Southern Saskatchewan: Remnant smoke from numerous fires in the western US, primarily in Idaho and western Montana, could be seen over portions of the Pacific Northwest, eastern Montana, eastern Wyoming, southern Saskatchewan. Another patch of aerosol was seen over Lake Superior and is thought to be remnant smoke that is a day or two older but still from the same sources. Oklahoma/Kansas/Arkansas/Missouri/Illinois: An area of thin smoke could be seen from east Oklahoma/east Kansas to southern Illinois this morning. This smoke is probably from several fires that were burning yesterday in the Central Plains states. Hudson Bay/Ontario: A large area of remnant aerosol thought to be smoke is seen this morning from northern Hudson Bay southward to northwest Ontario. This may either be smoke that was pulled northward from the US by a strong storm system or could be from the group of fires burning in western Canada. British Columbia: An area of smoke, much of which has probably been pulled northward from the western US fires, was being pushed northeast across British Columbia by an approaching storm system. Sheffler 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