DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 4, 2014
SMOKE: Canada/U.S: Large wildfire complexes burning in Northwest Territories near Great Slave Lake, in parts of central British Columbia, Washington and northern California are producing a large combined area of smoke across western/central Canada, Northwest US eastward into northern/central Plains. The heaviest smoke stretches across parts of northern California, Oregon and eastern/central Washington and moving northeastward into Idaho and western Montana. Another area of heavy smoke can be seen across parts of central/northern British Columbia/Alberta and into the southern Northwest Territories and southeastward across northern/central Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northern Ontario. This smoke is moving east-southeast across central Canada. Light smoke stretches as far south as northern Missouri, Illinois and Indiana and far east as Michigan/Great Lakes region. J Kibler 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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