DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z September 22, 2014
SMOKE: Central and South Central Plains/Southeast U.S/Western Atlantic: An area of thin remnant smoke is seen this morning from south central Nebraska extending south/southeast across parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The thin smoke then extends eastward along a frontal boundary that is approaching the Gulf Coast covering portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. This smoke is thought to be mostly from agricultural burning in eastern Texas and along the Lower Mississippi River Valley during the last few days. In addition, other unknown aerosol is seen along/over the coasts of the Carolinas/Georgia extending northeastward along the frontal boundary offshore of the Mid-Atlantic/New England regions to Nova Scotia. While there may be some smoke from fires in the south central US or from the King fire in California mixed into this aerosol, it could not be determined if this was the case or if other aerosols make up the majority of its composition. Western U.S: Moderately dense to dense smoke is visible near the King Fire in central California extending northward over the Sacramento Valley. Other areas of thin smoke from this and other California wildfires were pulled northeast across north Nevada and southern Oregon by a strong storm system yesterday and this morning. Western Canada: An area of mostly thin remnant smoke stretches northward from far northeast Washington/southeast British Columbia to near Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories and then southeast across northern Saskatchewan. Some embedded moderate density smoke was present just south of Great Slave Lake and another pocket of thin smoke is present near a cluster of wildfires burning in northeast British Columbia. Fires in the western/northwestern US and in British Columbia are responsible for the remnant smoke. Sheffler 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