DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z September 2, 2016
SMOKE: Area from Idaho to the North Central US/South Central Canada: Numerous fires over Idaho, western and southwestern Montana, and northwestern Wyoming were responsible for a large area of smoke that extended from the Midwest through the Central and Northern Plains, Northern Rockies and South Central Canada. Within this area, moderate to very dense smoke was over portions of southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan, northwestern Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, northern Nebraska and northeastern Montana. Further to the west, an area of very dense smoke extended from western Montana southwest to ongoing fires in central Idaho. Western Gulf: An area of remnant smoke from fire activity along the Western Gulf Coast over the past few days extended from portions of western Louisiana southwest through eastern Texas and into the western Gulf of Mexico. Hanna 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