DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z August 19, 2009
North Atlantic: Off the coast of New England, light haze/aerosols has been drifting off the coastline for most of the day. Specifically, from off the coast of North Carolina extending northeast to Nova Scotia. California/Nevada: Wildfires in the central region of the state, producing light to moderately dense smoke, is also mixed in with blowing dust. The smoke and dust is moving to the west and extends into western Nevada. Also, there are small pockets of blowing dust in the central region of Nevada, which is moving to the south. Oregon: A narrow band of aerosols/haze extends across the central region of the state. The band is roughly 75km wide. British Columiba: Earlier this evening, wildfires in central and southern B.C. began producing moderately dense to dense smoke plumes, and were seen moving to the southeast at least 100km from their sources. Please see the websites below for more information. EVANS 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