DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z September 14, 2016
SMOKE: Northern Plains/Midwest/South Central Canada: Several areas of thin density remnant smoke can be seen in morning satellite imagery over the Dakotas, Minnesota, northern Nebraska, northern Iowa, southern Wisconsin, and southwest Ontario. This smoke is likely from wildfire activity in the western United States that has been transported eastward. DUST: Caribbean: Saharan dust is visible in between pockets of cloud cover moving west across the eastern and central Caribbean Sea. UNKNOWN AEROSOL: A large amount of unknown aerosol is seen along the East Coast of the United States from North Carolina northeastward to coastal Maine and extending further northeast across Nova Scotia, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, and further across the North Atlantic. It is thought the aerosol is comprised mostly of sulfates. -Sheffler 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