DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z September 11, 2012
Northwestern US/Northern Plains and Great Lakes/Southern and Eastern Canada: A very large and expansive area of mostly light, remnant smoke can be seen stretching from Washington/Oregon eastward into the northern Plains and Great Lakes region and then into portions of Manitoba through Ontario and Quebec. More moderate areas of smoke are embedded in through Montana and into southern Manitoba, central Wisconsin, and then through central/eastern Ontario and central/southern Quebec. This is from the numerous fires that continue to burn throughout the western US. Additionally, there is also some elevated blowing dust that is mixed in with this area of smoke through eastern Montana and into southern Canada. This is from strong winds that occurred and can still be seen with a low pressure system that is currently situated in north/central Saskatchewan. Belge 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