DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z September 4, 2015
SMOKE: Central/Eastern US: A large plume of light density smoke is visible heading southeast from Minnesota through western Wisconsin, eastern Iowa, NE Missouri, Illinois, and western Indiana. Another area of light to moderate density smoke is visible in the east coast extending as far south as North Carolina and as far north as New Brunswick and into the Atlantic Ocean. The moderate density smoke is visible throughout NE North Carolina extending as far north as New Hampshire and into the Atlantic Ocean. Northern/Southern Canada: Strips of light density smoke is visible in NE Northwest Territories and heading eastward through Nunavut and into northern Hudson Bay. Another area of light density smoke is visible in southern Canada. There are two small strips of light density smoke visible through northern and southern Ontario and heading east into southern Quebec. Kemal 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