DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z August 28, 2013
Western US/Canada: The Rim and American wildfires located in California Sierra continue to produce large amounts of smoke that is lifting to the north across northwest Nevada, eastern Oregon/Washington and Idaho, where is merges with smoke from additional wildfires in Idaho. The smoke then curls to the northeast and east and stretches across southeast British Columbia, southern Alberta and into southern Saskatchewan. There are large areas of moderate and dense smoke within this broad area with light smoke mainly confined to the periphery of the smoke area. An area of light smoke was also seen across southern Ontario and northern Lake Superior. The exact extent of the smoke was not well defined due to clouds in the area. Mid Atlantic Coast: An area of light smoke was detected off the Delmarva and also extending south of Rhode Island. There may also be some haze pollution mixed with this smoke area. Ruminski 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