DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z September 5, 2009
North Central US/Central and Eastern Canada/Northeast US: An area of residual smoke stretches across a large section of the US and Canada. Smoke is thin and reaches as far south as northern Missouri, extends north into the Dakotas, Mississippi Valley, Upper and Lower Great Lakes and east into the Northeast. In Canada, the light smoke extends from eastern Saskatchewan into Manitoba, Ontario/Quebec/Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and into the Atlantic. The smoke is moving east. Smoke is from the wildfires burning in California, Oregon, Utah and southern British Columbia over the past week. California: The Station fire burning in Los Angeles county continues to produce a large area of smoke stretching east to near the California/Nevada border and north into the central Valley and parts of eastern California, but not reaching as far north as Tahoe region. Moderately dense to dense smoke stretches into the counties of Riverside, Kern, San Bernardino, Inyo and Tulare. Kibler More information on the areas of smoke described above as well as others can be found at the locations listed below. THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov