DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z September 10, 2013
Southeast: A large area of unknown aerosols are visible over much of the southeast US. A light plume is seen moving SW towards the Gulf of Mexico from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. GOES-East does not provide a detailed enough perspective of the area in the morning, so it is possible the aerosols could be a mixture of smoke originating from the agricultural burns taking place in the Mississippi River Valley region. Mississippi River Valley: An area of light density smoke is visible moving moving westward in the greater area of the central US due to the agricultural burns taking place in Kansas/Mississippi River Valley region. Smoke extends through eastern Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, eastern Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois. It is entirely possible that the smoke extends past Louisiana, Alabama, and Illinois, however with the cloud cover in the region and the satellite boundaries of GOES-West, it is difficult to determine. Fires in the Mississippi River Valley continued to burn throughout the day. California: A deep pocket of trapped smoke is visible within the state of California, ranging from Tahoe National Forest south to Edwards Air Force Base. The smoke extends across from the still burning Rim wildfire to the Morgan wildfire located outside the Bay area. The smoke originates from the three major wildfires burning in that that region. This afternoon/evening, the Rim Fire continued to produce smoke that lead to a moderate density remnant smoke layer stretching from Yosemite to near Monterey. LP/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