DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z October 3, 2012
PLEASE NOTE: GOES-13 has been replaced with GOES-14. GOES-14 is centered at 00N105W which is 30 degrees further west than GOES-13. This position has an impact on the ability to detect smoke, particularly light smoke in the evening, compared to GOES-13. It is possible that areas of light smoke that would have been detected previously are now not discernible. Currently: Blowing Dust/Sand: A large area of blowing dust/sand was visible in satellite imagery this evening moving south across much of Washington State. Blowing dust/sand began near Douglas county around 2115Z and continued through sunset, extending as far south as the Washington/Oregon border. Another smaller area of blowing dust/sand was visible in Oregon, originating from Summer Lake. Blowing dust/sand moved towards the south beginning around 2215Z and continued through sunset. -LP Earlier Today: Central U.S.: An elongated thin density smoke plume is seen stretch south to north from eastern-half of Oklahoma/north-central Texas/northwestern Arkansas to southern Wisconsin/Lake Michigan this morning. This remnant smoke plume is likely from numerous agricultural fires that have been burning off and on across northern Plains and southern Manitoba province. Northern Plains/South-Central Canada: Area of thin density remnant smoke is observed moving toward the east across portions of eastern North Dakota/southeast Saskatchewan/southern Manitoba. Origin of this smoke may have come from several wildfires burning across the northern Rockies in Idaho/western Montana. -Warren 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