DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z September 28, 2012
Central US/Southern and Central Canada: Light to moderately dense smoke could be seen extending from eastern Montana through the Northern Plains and eastward into western Quebec and then southward through the central Plains. This continues to be a mixture of remnant smoke from the numerous wildfires that are still burning through Washington, Idaho and Montana and those in Northern British Columbia/Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Southeast/Mid-Atlantic/New England: An elongated remnant smoke plume is seen across extending from the Southeast through the Mid-Atlantic states and off the New England coast. This is likely from the wildfires burning out west and in Canada and it looks like this area of smoke is being transported by a cold front that is draped across this region. Washington/Idaho: Numerous wildfires that have been burning across north/central Washington have produced a small area of remnant smoke that can be seen moving towards the northwest this morning and early afternoon. Some newer, more moderately dense smoke is mixing in as the fires continue to burn. Fires in Idaho continued to emit smoke this afternoon producing a small area of remnant smoke moving eastward into Montana. -LP/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