DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 18, 2015
SMOKE: Lower Mississippi River Valley: Multiple agricultural and prescribed burns were observed over the lower Mississippi River Valley this evening in satellite imagery. Many light density smoke emissions associated with these burns were moving to the northeast. -Cronin From Earlier Today... SMOKE: Central US/Canada: A large area of light-density smoke is visible moving NE extending from Quebec to Arkansas this morning. Areas affected include Quebec, Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Another plume nearby is visible extending from Minnesota to Kansas, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. This smoke most likely originates from the agricultural burns that have been taking place in the Mississippi River Valley this week, and may be also a mix of remnant smoke from the wildfires that have been burning in California. Eastern Canada/New England/Atlantic Ocean: An area of light-density remnant smoke is visible moving SE extending from Quebec to to New Hampshire into the Atlantic Ocean. Areas affected include Quebec, Anticosti Island, St. Pierre and Miquelon, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Maine, and New Hampshire. This smoke most likely originates from the the agricultural burns that have been taking place in the Mississippi River Valley this week, and may be also a mix of remnant smoke from the wildfires that have been burning in California. 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