DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z September 2, 2013
Central US/Southern Canada: An area of light smoke can be seen from Montana, southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the western Dakotas south through the central Plains into Texas. The smoke also extends northeast from Texas/Oklahoma across the Missouri/Arkansas border and into Illinois and Indiana. An area of moderate smoke was moving east across northeast Wyoming. This smoke is from the various wildfires that have been burning in California and the northern US Rockies. Nevada: An area of light smoke was analyzed this morning over northern Nevada moving northeast. This smoke is from the Rim fire in California. Canada: A thin area of aerosols was seen over northern Ontario and the southeastern Hudson Bay. While the origin is not known for certain, there is likely some remnant smoke from the US wildfires that became trapped between weather systems over the western US and the Great Lakes region. Liddick 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