DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100 September 6, 2013
SMOKE Central North America: Remnant smoke, mainly from the Rim fire in California with some possible contribution from fires in Idaho, was seen over much of the southern Plains of Canada from Alberta to Manitoba and extended south across the eastern Dakotas and Minnesota into central and western Kentucky. The western edge was quite nebulous and uncertain across the Dakotas. Most of this area was light smoke with somewhat more dense smoke over Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. Another area of light smoke was seen extending from east to west across northern Alberta into northern Saskatchewan. The source is uncertain. Moderately dense to dense smoke was seen from active wildfires in northern Saskatchewan west of Reindeer Lake which was moving to the east. California to Idaho and Oregon: The Rim Fire in central California is generating moderately dense to dense smoke which is extending to the north-northeast across northwest Nevada into eastern Oregon and western Idaho this evening. Remnant smoke from this fire was seen circulating back into California from the Pacific and extended from near Point Conception to southern Monterey county to the northeast to Madera and Mariposa counties. Lower Mississippi Valley, Oklahoma and Kansas: A large number of agricultural and prescribe burns were detected over the lower Mississippi Valley and across central Kansas and north central Oklahoma this afternoon/evening. Smoke from the fires today combined with smoke from fires in these areas the past few days has resulted in a general area of light smoke across the region with pockets of moderately dense smoke near today's fires in northeast Louisiana and west central Mississippi. BLOWING DUST: Strong winds across northern California and northwest Nevada kicked up two prominent dust plumes. One of the point sources was in Honey Lake near Susanville in northeast California and the other was along the Pershing/Washoe county border in Nevada near Granite Peak. The dust was moving to the northeast. Ruminski 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