DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z August 26, 2013
From the Western US wildfires: Expansive area of smoke originating from large wildfires in California and Idaho stretch from portions of the northern Rockies , into central Canada and across much of the central US. Moderately dense smoke is seen billowing from the Rim wildfire this morning with moderately dense smoke protruding northeastward across northern Nevada, eastern Oregon, central Idaho and western Montana. The area of smoke that has moved south and east across the central US remains trapped under a dome of high pressure and is mixing with haze/pollution. The smoke over this region is generally light and is observed nicely in GOES-WEST due to the optimized sun angle in the morning. At this time the full extent of the smoke over the eastern half of the US cannot be identified since GOES-WEST does not extend far enough east and smoke is not showing up in morning GOES-EAST imagery. Newfoundland/Nova Scotia: A narrow ribbon of light density smoke is seen moving eastward over the northern Atlantic Ocean just off the coasts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Smoke likely originated from the western US wildfires. Warren 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