Friday, September 13, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z September 14. 2013

South Central US:
Remnant thin smoke from numerous agricultural fires from the last few
days along the Lower Mississippi River Valley in E AR, NE LA and W
MS have contributed to a large area of haziness across the Red River
Valley of TX and OK (particularly W OK, TX panhandle, and N TX) into N
LA, moving W along the western edge and slowly drifting S across LA.
This are is  to the south of well defined cold front can clear air
behind it.   The haziness also extends into S MS, S AL, S GA and along
the Gulf Stream off the SC and NC coast line, where it is moving S over
MS/AL and E over S AL/GA and NE along the coast... however it is likely
this area is more other aerosols in higher concentration the smoke from
other agricultural fires in AL/GA over the past few days.

Southern Canadian Rockies/Fronthills:
Moderately dense smoke from a fire between Eutsuk and Tetachuck lake in
West Central BC from last night's output has crossed the Rockies around
Grand Cache, AB  and extends southeastward from there, covering a large
portion of S Alberta between 52N and 55N, though mainly banked up along
the front slopes of the Rockies.

Gallina


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.