DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z August 22, 2013
US: A large area of light smoke extends from the Northwest US, east through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and into the Dakotas, Nebraska and Minnesota. Once here, the full extent east is obscured by clouds. The plume does extend south along the cloud line into Texas where it turns back west through New Mexico into Arizona. The area described is likely remnant smoke from the large wildfires in California, Oregon and Idaho. Canada: Two separate areas of light smoke are located in Canada. The first is over Hudson Bay and moving east and the second extends from southern Nunavut into northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. This area is also moving to the east. The origin of these two plumes is also likely to be from the wildfires in the northwestern US. -Salemi 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.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 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov