Thursday, September 1, 2016

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

 


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.