Friday, September 25, 2015

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.

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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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.