Wednesday, August 27, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 27, 2014

SMOKE

California/Oregon:
Smoke from the wildfires in northern California and western Oregon was
seen swirling over northwest California and western Oregon. Moderate to
dense smoke was associated with the fire complex in northwest California.

Northern Canada:
The exact extent of remnant smoke from the fires over Northwest
Territories around Great Slave Lake was difficult to discern due to
extensive cloud cover over northern Canada this morning. However, an area
of light to moderate smoke was seen in the vicinity of Great Slave Lake,
rotating around a large cyclone overhead. Another area of light smoke,
mixed with clouds, was seen over northern Saskatchewan and northern
Manitoba into southeast Northwest Territories and Nunavut into western
Hudson Bay.

Canadian Maritimes:
Very light remnant smoke was detected over Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
and spilling over into the surrounding Atlantic and Gulf of St Lawrence .

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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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.