DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z September 26, 2015
SMOKE: Idaho/Montana: Fires scattered over portions of northern Idaho and northwestern Montana were responsible for smoke plumes of varying density (including moderate to dense smoke) which moved generally to the northeast during the day. Middle to Lower Mississippi Valley: Numerous seasonal fires were detected in the Middle to Lower Mississippi Valley from southeastern Missouri across eastern Arkansas to northwestern Mississippi and northeastern Louisiana. Many relatively small smoke plumes were visible from these fires which congealed to form larger areas of thin density smoke over this region. Cloudiness mixed in with the smoke interfered some in the extent and detail of this smoke. BLOWING DUST: Oregon: A swath of thin to perhaps moderately dense blowing dust emanated from a point source in Lake County of south central Oregon around 20Z and continued to spread to the northeast reaching nearly 120 miles from the source by sunset. JS 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