DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z September 4, 2016
SMOKE: North Central US/Northeastern US/South Central and Southeastern Canada: Two large areas of light to moderate density smoke are visible in northern US moving into Canada with the second patch in southern US. The light density remnant smoke is visible in northern Indiana, the Great Lakes and moving into northern Ontario and most of Quebec. The moderate density smoke extends from Minnesota heading north into western Ontario. The second patch of light density smoke is visible in southern US, extending from eastern Texas through Oklahoma, northern Louisiana, Arkansas, southern Kansas/Missouri and into western Kentucky/Tennessee. The full extent of smoke is obscured by cloud coverage. California/Nevada: Light to moderate density smoke plumes are visible in northern and southern California. The moderate density smoke is mainly surrounding the wildfires. The southern smoke plume is producing a thin strip of light density smoke heading eastward into southern Nevada. DUST: Caribbean/Puerto Rico: A sizable area of what is believed to be Saharan dust was visible spreading westward over the Caribbean, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and Hispaniola. 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