DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z August 31, 2013
Smoke: Northeast Gulf of Mexico: A 75km wide line of thin to moderate smoke can be seen extending from the MS coast and Mobile Bay area SE across the NE GoM to around 29N86W and to 28N85W. This smoke likely is from some fires in S MS and S AL last night but could not be traced to any specific fire. This area is also the SW boundary of a larger area of hazy and milky appearance conditions that cover a large portion of S AL, S GA, and N FL into the W Sargasso Sea (east of GA/FL boundary). S Texas/Northwest Gulf of Mexico: Thin smoke seen from output of the Southern Mississippi River Valley fires two days ago continues to slowly move S and SW along the coastal regions of TX/LA and the NW Gulf of Mexico from 93W to the coast and north of 25N (rotating around a weak low level cyclonic feature centered near 27N94W. An additional divergent arm of the thin smoke covers southern TX almost to the Rio Grande S of Del Rio back to the Houston/Galveston Bay area. Iowa: Thin to moderate smoke from the Rim fire a few days ago has consolidated along a frontal boundary that extends W-E across the state, this smoke is slowly drifting south and likely is contained within thunderstorms across N IL and S MI attm as well. This is connected to the the larger area described below Northern Great Plains: Thin to moderate smoke from the Rim fire a few days ago continues to slowly move due E in a 200 wide N-S line from S Manitoba across ND, SD, and N Nebraska. A thin drape also can be seen extending NE from the moderately dense smoke across ND to cover portions of N MN and SW Ontario. Rim fire output from last two days: Can be seen extending NE from the fire across N NV, the Snake River Valley of ID into SW MT and S MT clipping Yellowstone NP in WY. Additional contributions of thin to moderate smoke from the American wildfire in CA, and very dense smoke today (convectively dense/pyroCB) from the Little Queens and Kelley Fire in the Sawtooth Mtns of ID moving E into the larger plume. Gallina THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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