DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0332Z August 25, 2010
West/Central Canada, North/Central US: Light to moderate remnant smoke from the previous days wildfires in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest could be seen from north/central Canada through north/central US. Areas effected include northwest Nunavut extending south-southeast through eastern Alberta, all of Saskatchewan, much of southern British Columbia, southern Manitoba, Western Ontario and into north/central US including eastern Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, extreme northern Nebraska, and Minnesota. Cloud cover over much of Manitoba and Ontario limited smoke detection in this area. Coastal NW US: Light smoke from the Oak Flat and Scott Mountain fires in Oregon as well as remnant smoke from various wildfires from California to Washington still remains off the west US coast and around coastal areas from central California to Vancouver Island. Note the HMS JPG/GIS images do not reflect the true extent of the smoke due to system limitations. Alaska: A small area of aerosols believed to be light smoke from fires burning in central Alaska can be seen moving south off the coast. Liddick 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