DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1740Z September 8, 2013
Midwest/Mississippi River Valley: An area of light density smoke is visible moving westward in much of the central US due to the agricultural burns that are taking place in Kansas and the Mississippi River Valley region. Smoke extends through southern Iowa, western Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Western Kentucky, western Tennessee, western Alabama, northern Louisiana, northern Texas, eastern Kansas, and eastern Nebraska. Central Canada: An area of light density smoke is visible moving eastward affecting Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and western Ontario. The smoke originates from the wildfires burning in northern Saskatchewan. West Coast: Two areas of light density smoke is visible emitting from the Rim wildfire which continues to burn in California. Due to the cloud cover located west of the fire, it is difficult to determine how far the smoke extends. One plume is moving westward from the fire, the other is moving NE in the opposite direction moving across Nevada. Oegerle 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