DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z September 19, 2014
SMOKE Western U.S: A large area of light to moderate density smoke is visible moving southwest-northeast this morning extending across northern California, and northern Nevada. This plume is associated with the King wildfire, located east of Sacramento, CA which continues to burn. Northern Plains: A plume of light-density remnant smoke originating from the King wildfire is visible moving NE extending from Montana through North Dakota north into Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Midwest: A plume of remnant smoke is visible affecting Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Missouri this morning. This smoke originates from the plumes seen last night in satellite imagery moving eastward from the Northern Plains/Midwest. 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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