DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z September 13. 2013
Texas/Lower Mississippi Valley: A thin density plume of aerosols likely comprised of both smoke and haze pollution is seen over portions of eastern Texas/southern Arkansas/Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama in this morning's visible satellite imagery. Plume is drifting slowly to the south and east. California: Remnant smoke plume originating from the Rim fire in central California is seen extending from the fire to the south-southwest. Central Canada: A small, elongated plume of thin density remnant smoke is seen moving eastward across southwestern Ontario. Smoke is believed to be from cluster of wildfires seen yesterday across southern Manitoba province. A second and larger area of thin density smoke is seen stretching across northern Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Smoke originated from several wildfires burning across northern Saskatchewan and southern Northwest Territories. Western Canada: Thin to moderately dense smoke plume is seen moving eastward across central British Columbia and west-central Alberta. The smoke is associated with a cluster of wildfires located in central British Columbia. Warren 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