DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z September 3, 2016
SMOKE: Southeastern Canada/Central and Northeastern US: Light Density smoke was visible extending from the Lower Mississippi Valley through Middle Mississippi Valley,Tennessee Valley, Ohio Valley, Upper Mississippi Valley, the Great Lakes, eastern Ontario, southwestern Quebec and into eastern Hudson Bay. The moderate density smoke is mainly in Middle and Upper Mississippi Valley and into southern Canada. The full extent of smoke was obscured by cloud coverage. Northwestern California/Eastern Oregon: Light density smoke is being produced by the wildfires in NW California heading to the Pacific. Another patch of light density smoke is coming from the wildfires in NE Oregon heading into western Idaho. UNKNOWN AEROSOL: A swath of unknown aerosol extended from the western Florida Panhandle westward over southern Louisiana and the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and back inland over a good portion of Texas. It is not known how much if any of this aerosol is composed of smoke. Kemal 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